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how to sign into my Microsoft Azure portal when I get the error code AADSTS5000225
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I get the following message when I try to log into the Azure Portal:
Sign-in failed
Error code: AADSTS5000225
Error message: AADSTS5000225: This tenant has been blocked due to inactivity. To learn more about tenant lifecycle policies, see https://aka.ms/TenantLifecycle Trace ID: 7b1d4ebb-12a0-4852-9eaf-ef4cdcba5100 Correlation ID: fc4cc269-2a41-49e1-88fc-f3b35f429a85 Timestamp: 2025-10-19 17:02:28Z
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Sandeep Jadhav 0 Reputation points2025-10-19T17:21:13.1966667+00:00 Microsoft automatically deactivates or deletes inactive tenants after long periods of no usage.
If you had a free trial or developer tenant, it may get blocked after 90 days of no activity.
If it was a paid tenant with no valid subscription or payment, it may also be blocked or deleted.
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