Cannot Access Tenant After Cancelling Signup – Need Help Recovering intandid.onmicrosoft.com

Marion Campan 0 Reputation points
2025-12-08T04:08:10.8366667+00:00

Hello,

I tried to sign up for a Microsoft 365 Business subscription today using my domain intandid.com. During the signup process, I cancelled on the payment page.

As a result, Microsoft automatically created/reserved the tenant intandid.onmicrosoft.com, but I cannot access it. When I try to sign up again, I receive this message:

“Sorry, intandid.onmicrosoft.com is not available. Choose a different domain.”

I cannot log in, cannot reset the password, and cannot contact support because I am not recognized as the tenant admin.

I simply need help with one of these two options:

Recover / attach the tenant intandid.onmicrosoft.com to my account, OR

Release that tenant name so I can restart the signup process.

Details:

Tenant: intandid.onmicrosoft.com

Custom domain: intandid.com

  • Email used during the first signup: [Moderator note: personal info removed]
  • Region: China

I tried to call but Microsoft requires to collect all my personal data to sell it to their suppliers across boarders and I am not super keen to agree to that in order to have an IT problem fixed.

Any help from a moderator or support engineer would be greatly appreciated, as I cannot proceed without resolving this.

Thank you,

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Windows
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  1. Vivian-HT 9,015 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-12-08T04:57:41.2366667+00:00

    Dear @Marion Campan,

    Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    Based on what you described, the custom domain intandid.com has not been added to the tenant intandid.onmicrosoft.com. This usually happens when the signup process was canceled before completion, leaving the tenant in an incomplete state. In this condition, you cannot sign in as an admin or attach your domain because the tenant was never fully provisioned.

    When a tenant is incomplete, Microsoft reserves the onmicrosoft name (intandid.onmicrosoft.com) to prevent duplication, but it does not grant you administrative access. Unfortunately, there is no self-service option to recover or finish provisioning that tenant without contacting Microsoft Support for verification.

    If you need to start using Microsoft 365 services quickly, the most practical solution is to create a new tenant and then add your custom domain afterward. This method avoids waiting for the original tenant to be released and gets you up and running quickly.

    Step 1: Start a new signup process

    Go to the Microsoft 365 signup page and create a new tenant using a different onmicrosoft name (for example, intandid-temp.onmicrosoft.com). This ensures you can complete the setup without conflicts. For more information: Compare All Microsoft 365 Plans

    For more information, please refer to How to sign up for a Microsoft 365 for business plan - Admin Help

    Step 2: Complete the signup fully

    Make sure you finish the payment and verification steps so that the new tenant is fully provisioned and you have global admin access. This will allow you to manage services without restrictions.

    The steps to set up your new subscription vary depending on the Microsoft 365 for business plan that you signed up for. To learn how to set up your new subscription, see one of the following articles:

    Step 3: Add and verify your custom domain

    After the new tenant is active, go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and add your domain. You’ll need to create a DNS TXT record provided by Microsoft to verify ownership. Once verified, you can set intandid.com as the primary domain for email and user sign-in. For reference: Add a domain to Microsoft 365

    Step 4: Update user accounts and services

    Assign licenses to users under the new tenant and configure email addresses using your custom domain. This ensures your organization branding and mail flow work as expected.

    For reference: Add users and assign licenses in Microsoft 365 and Assign or unassign licenses for users in the Microsoft 365 admin center

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