Recover Global Admin Microsoft account with lost MFA Access lockout

Question

Recover Global Admin Microsoft account with lost MFA Access lockout

Eva Sobotkova 0

Hello, I am unable to get logged back into one of my tenants as a global administrator because my Microsoft Authenticator app was reset and I found out my tenant only had this form of verification configured on the global admin account. I do not have any other global administrator accounts so I am currently experiencing a total lockout.

0 comments

1 answer

Your answer

Answer 1

Please note that this forum is not Microsoft support, this is a user-to-user support forum. Therefore, I cannot directly escalate this for you. However, I can guide you how to contact Data Protection team.

Hi @Eva Sobotkova

In this situation, you will need to contact Data Protection team. They can help you regain access to your tenant.

Please visit the following page and reach out to phone number via: Customer service phone numbers - Microsoft Support

From what I know, you will need to get past the initial AI system to reach the live support team. You can refer to the guide below for tips on how to get through more easily: User's image

If you have tried phone support and it's not working, please follow this link to create a trial tenant: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/microsoft-365-business-basic?msockid=3eb6980b5c6860e63a588d0c5d1761d6 - after that you will be able to access to Microsoft 365 Admin Center to raise the ticket

Assuming that you have already created an account after registering a free trial and you can go to Microsoft 365 admin center and click "Help & support" icon to raise your ticket.

User's image

Please mention that you are raising ticket on behalf of the affected tenant that you do not have access to.

On the other hand, if you do create the trial and it resolves the issue, please remember to cancel the subscription afterward to avoid any related charges.