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JohnIFZ 20 Reputation points
2026-04-08T13:02:54.7466667+00:00

Hoping someone can help me. I have a personal email, [Moderator note: personal info removed] @johnstraumann.com and I stupidly let the license expire. I bought a new license on the Company store and added it to my account, but the mailbox still seems to be disabled, I cannot access on the Web and send or receive email. Attached are some screens of what I see and the PowerShell commands I have run.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

John.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Windows
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  1. Demi-N 14,905 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-04-08T13:43:19.2533333+00:00

    Hello @JohnIFZ,

    Thank you for sharing the details and screenshots. I understand how frustrating this situation can be, especially after renewing the license.

     

    To better understand what’s happening and to provide the most relevant suggestions, I’d need a bit more information from you. Could you please help confirm the following?

     

    Could you double‑check that your account still has the correct license assigned? To do this, please sign in to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center using admin credentials, then go to Users > Active users, select your user account, and open Licenses and apps. Under the Apps section, please make sure that Exchange Online (Plan 1 or Plan 2) is selected.

    If the Exchange Online license is already assigned, I recommend temporarily removing the license, saving the change, and then assigning it again. After reapplying the license, please allow about one hour for the synchronization process to complete, and then check whether mailbox access has been restored.

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    For reference, you may also find this Microsoft article helpful, as it describes similar symptoms and scenarios: Getting a mailbox not found error in Outlook on the web - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn

    Once you’ve had a chance to review the license assignment and try the steps above, please let me know the results. The information you provide will be important for further analysis and troubleshooting.

     

    Thank you very much for your patience and cooperation. I look forward to your update, and I hope you have a nice day.

    Kind regards,

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    2026-04-08T13:03:12.47+00:00
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    The mailbox is no longer present in Exchange Online even though the Microsoft 365 license is now assigned again. When an Exchange Online license is removed or expires for a mailbox that does not have any hold applied, Exchange Online disconnects the mailbox immediately and permanently deletes it after 30 days. After that point the mailbox is unrecoverable, even if a new license is purchased and assigned to the same user.

    Because Get-Mailbox and Get-Mailbox -SoftDeletedMailbox both return that the mailbox cannot be found, this indicates the mailbox has already been deleted and is not in a soft‑deleted or inactive state. Reassigning the license now cannot bring that mailbox back.

    The only supported option is to keep using the account with the new license and allow Exchange Online to provision a new, empty mailbox for the user. Any data from the old mailbox that was not backed up or exported before deletion cannot be restored from the service.

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