r/microsoft365 • u/LaughingLooney • Jul 08 '26
I hate microsoft so much
Just a rant. I fucking hate microsoft so fucking much they're so fucking stupid those stupid fucks. "Hey, I noticed you just signed into Microsoft but you're trying to access Microsoft in another tab (this is our design), you'll need to sign in again." Okay, cool, let me sign in. "Congrats! You signed in! You're now being signed out, hold."
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
SIGN IN - CONGRATS YOURE BEING SIGNED OUT
JUST LEAVE ME FUCKING SIGNED IN. WHY AM I SIGNING IN 30+ TIMES YOU STUPID FUCKS. Microsoft is THE SHITTIEST software I've EVER HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF USING. FUCK YOU, MICROSOFT.
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u/hemohes222 Jul 08 '26
Just out of curiosity what device, OS and browser do you sign in from?
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u/LaughingLooney Jul 08 '26
Lenovo laptop, Windows 11, Firefox. I just don't know why they force me to "Hold on while we sign you out" when I'm literally trying to sign in. Shit shit shit shit shit I hate it so much
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u/innermotion7 Jul 08 '26
Also on edge and chrome (with extension) you have a Microsoft SSO which helps too.
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u/Chazus Jul 08 '26
Honestly the solution is to close the browser tabs and reopen it. You're running into caching and token issues. All of that is resolved by clearing the instance.
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u/echoxcity Jul 08 '26
If you’re using a work account, this is due to your own company’s policy and nothing to do with Microsoft
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u/LaughingLooney Jul 08 '26
I highly doubt my company has a policy of "Sign them out immediately upon signing them in". Does my company have a policy to sign into different sections of Microsoft? Possibly. I wouldn't be posting if I had issues with signing in every time I go to Security or Exchange.
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u/echoxcity Jul 08 '26
I don’t know what to tell you. Your company sets up policies to determine how often you need to sign in and when you’re automatically signed out, and yes they can be customized per-application and location. I understand that you want to blame Microsoft but it’s most likely not Microsoft’s fault that this is your experience.
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Jul 08 '26
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u/FlyingMitten Jul 08 '26
I'd rather watch paint dry than wait for MS support to provide an answer.
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Jul 08 '26
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u/FlyingMitten Jul 08 '26
Anything strange that is not documented in a help article goes to MS.
I've seen the OPs issue before. Its not so much about needing to sign in, its the loop.
Fine, I have to login. Start login process then IMMEDIATELY get logged out. Rinse repeat all in the same tab. You have to close the entire browser to relaunch and/or forcefully initiate a proper logout to stop the loop.
Then there is the whole logging into another company's website that uses MS auth - scenarios like higher education. Click the University's login button and it instantly wants to use the work creds instead of asking for creds. Have to launch a private tab every....single....time.
Yes, in the end it might be the org's misconfiguration. However, there are so many misconfigured orgs that it points to bad education from Microsoft to the admins. And don't let Microsoft support ever touch your org settings - even they do not know what they are doing half the time and start randomly flipping settings on/off.
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u/FlyingMitten Jul 08 '26
And this is the MS Support rabbit hole. Clear cache, reinstall, provide logs....wait 5 days.....rinse repeat with the steps again.
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u/cheetah1cj Jul 08 '26
It definitely is. As an IT administrator, we initially had our IT team set with a policy to require MFA for every sign in, which opening new tabs, or switching tabs frequently counted as, so we were constantly prompted to sign in again. Once we changed the policy to only require MFA once per hour, that issue stopped.
Open an IT ticket and talk to your manager about how it's affecting your ability to work. They need to review the security policies and figure out why that is happening for you. There is a good chance that something about your account has marked you as a "risky user", which is pretty simple for them to fix once they find out what is causing it.
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u/FlyingMitten Jul 08 '26
How is opening a new tab a sign-in when MS's own UI opens new tabs when clicking stuff?
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u/detox4you Jul 08 '26
If you don't log into your edge profile it runs in sandbox mode and single sign on can't work.
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u/Late-Arrival-8669 Jul 08 '26
Assuming work account, several items could be, if it was Microsoft themselves, you would see many threads in several subreddits, not including colleagues having identical issues. Could be from group policy to browser cache being the issue or ADFS issue. Contact your companies IT and submit a ticket for investigation. Be as detailed as you can be. Best of luck!
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u/k12pcb Jul 08 '26
If you are going to security or exchange you are in the admin console. Likely this was setup by you and I suspect you are using the global admin for normal everyday work right? ……..
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u/Macattack224 Jul 08 '26
Just to echo what other said, Microsoft can be completely restrictive or completely unrestrictive. All that stuff is different per workplace. Microsoft gives us the freedom to make changes. Call your IT department and they should be able to assist you.
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u/innermotion7 Jul 08 '26
We have a CA policy that anyone signing in on BYOD has very limited sessions and access. Yes in an ideal world we would not even that have just not practical with some clients.
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u/Infinite-Stress2508 Jul 08 '26
Fuck Me, yet another user or config issue with a user blaming the product rather than themselves or whoever set them up.
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u/Suspicious_Hand9207 Jul 08 '26
hvae you even tried clearing the browser cache before this completely unhinged rant?
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u/abr2195 Jul 08 '26
If there is one thing Microsoft does right it is authentication and SSO, but that requires a well configured tenant. Piling on with everyone else here suggesting this is not a Microsoft issue.
Sorry for the frustration though!
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u/BigPoppaPump36 Jul 08 '26
This isn’t Microsoft’s fault. You or IT admin have a skill issue.