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Hello,
I am a small business owner, with just an Microsoft 365 Business Basic licence.
I suddenly got an email, apparently from Microsoft that I dont understand at all
Its says:
You are receiving this email because your associated Microsoft Entra ID tenant (tenant ID XXX ) has been inactive for more than 200 days.
Required action: To continue using your tenant, make a purchase before May 11, 2025. If you don’t make a purchase before this date, your next purchase with Microsoft will require a new Microsoft Entra ID tenant to continue using Microsoft services.
I dont know what an Entra Tenant ID is? What purchase should I make?
My MS 365 licence ends only May 26 2025 and will be renewed of course.
Is that what this email is about?
Hope you can help
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Hello Marc,
We checked our tenant-ID and it is different as well. I really appreciate that you took the time and wrote back!
Have a great day,
DGI
OK, I got a clearer explanation from a moderator at Microsoft Learn:
"Thank you for your response, we understand how frustrating this situation must be for you.
For your inquiries, we are glad to provide explanations for your questions in this section.
Microsoft Entra ID (former Azure Active Directory or AAD) is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service. It allows you to manage identities and access within your organization. The Entra ID tenant helps you create and manage amount of user accounts and application access to Azure services, ensuring that everyone in your organization has the appropriate access they need.
You might likely have a Microsoft Entra ID tenant maybe in the past you might sign up for a Microsoft account that relevant to AAD, such as work or school account
When you sign up for these services, a tenant is automatically created for you. You can read it via this articleDemystifying Microsoft Entra ID, Tenants and Azure Subscriptions | Microsoft Community Hub
Please note that this emaildoes not affect your data or personal account*. If no purchase is made by the deadline, your Entra ID tenant connecting to your business subscription (this has been inactive for a long time) will be disabled - however, it has no effect on your current personal Microsoft account and subscription you are having.*
We hope this information is helpful."
Of course, I don't have an organization, work, or school account, and have never had one, nor have I knowingly signed up to a business service, so it's still a mystery why I received the email. It's only natural to worry that one's account may have been compromised...
Hello. It seems to be a genuine email. Which makes the issue even worse for me (because otherwise I could have just deleted the email).
I just have a Microsoft 365 Business Basic licence. Nothing more.
My MS 365 licence ends only May 26 2025 and will be renewed of course.
I dont know what an Entra Tenant ID is? What purchase should I make? This is so confusing.
Can someone give advice?
What if I don't purchase anything, and thus lose "Entra tenant ID"?
Will that affect my Microsoft 365 licence?
I received this email as well. IMO this is THE ABSOLUTE WORST POS email Microsoft has ever sent me. What is a tenant ID? Some thing to do with my investment unit? They couldn't inject my name into the email? Aren't they the king of mail merge? Could they make this email any more confusing?
Microsoft, resend this email in plain English, in terms that people can understand, so we can know whether to ignore this email or not.
And while you're at it...Windows 11 sucks. How I wish I could go back to Windows 10.
Hi, this is a useless answer and does not answer to the question appropriately!
Please anser the question in a correct way!!!!