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Seetha Vaithyanathan 0 Reputation points
2026-03-27T20:57:21.5133333+00:00

Error message: interaction_required: AADSTS5000225: This tenant has been blocked due to inactivity. To learn more about tenant lifecycle policies, see https://aka.ms/TenantLifecycle Trace ID: ab6b9377-c816-4abf-97d5-d4802b740c00 Correlation ID: 019d3114-4678-7e43-9c2b-97cba7f2c536 Timestamp: 2026-03-27 20:55:05Z

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Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID

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    2026-03-27T20:57:37.49+00:00

    The error interaction_required: AADSTS5000225: This tenant has been blocked due to inactivity means the entire Microsoft Entra tenant is in an inactive, blocked state, not just the individual account. Sign-in to Azure/Entra resources is blocked until the tenant is reactivated, and after a short period the tenant is permanently deleted.

    Key points from the tenant lifecycle behavior:

    • When a tenant is marked inactive, sign-ins start failing with AADSTS5000225.
    • Administrators have up to 20 days from when the tenant becomes inaccessible to request reactivation.
    • If no action is taken within those 20 days, the tenant is deleted and cannot be recovered.

    To attempt to enable access again, a tenant administrator must:

    1. Confirm the tenant has been blocked for less than 20 days. If it has been longer, the tenant is already in the deletion path and is not recoverable.
    2. Contact Microsoft support to request tenant reactivation. Use the global support phone numbers listed in the documentation. Only a tenant admin can make this request.
    3. Avoid opening multiple support cases for the same issue; wait for the decision on the first case.

    If the tenant is past the 20‑day window and has been deleted, the tenant and its accounts cannot be re-enabled. In that case, a new tenant must be created and accounts re-provisioned there.

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