That was it, the profile setup completed as expected, my mailbox started to populate and the clouds parted and the sun shone through and I could hear a host of heavenly angels sing. *Delete the account you are trying to set up email for. (Rolls his eyes.) It actually took less than 2 minutes before I got a call back.Ī bit of chat, a remote session. Left a support request in the management portal - said they'd be back to me in 10 minutes. I did that, and the password was accepted, but the account creation process would not complete ("Something went wrong.") Tried a bunch of stuff (much of it from this thread, that's why I'm posting here) but no joy. One of the steps I took in the process to resolve this was to delete my Outlook profile, but I was unable to create a new one.Ī friend suggested going into my M365 management panel and enabling Modern Authentication. I know I was entering it right - I tested it using webmail. My computer suddenly started asking yesterday, over and over, for my Outlook/Exchange 365 password. That was one of the first questions the support lady asked.
ICLOUD OUTLOOK SETUP FAILED TO UNEXPECTED ERROR WINDOWS 10
My Windows 10 Pro (21H2) computer is NOT a domain member, and that alone might might make a difference.
But that's not to say I wasn't grateful for the effort expended posting them here.
Please understand that our setups might vary greatly, so the solution I am describing here may not be effective for you, just as the other fixes listed here didn't help me. Life's too short to struggle with poorly designed security. I tried them all (and a few more) before reaching out to Microsoft for assistance. I don't want to downplay the possible effectiveness of the various resolutions listed previously in this thread.