Windows 10: The Microsoft account login server has detected too many repeated authentication attempts?

The Microsoft account login server has detected too many repeated authentication attempts?

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Microsoft Account authentication

After more research, I have found my answer. It looks like the issue was that Microsoft released a new Microsoft Authenticator app with the features first introduced in Microsoft Authenticator Beta. The new app received a prompt to approve access to my Microsoft
Account when signing on from a new PC, though I find it strange that the beta app wasn't directly upgraded to the new version of the app.

Microsoft now has three 2 step authentication apps available in the store for Windows 10 Mobile:

• Authenticator - original app from Windows Phone 8
• Microsoft Authenticator Beta - originally released to Windows 10 users when Windows 10 Mobile was only available on the Windows Insider program.
• Microsoft Authenticator - the official Windows 10 app no longer in beta

 

Microsoft Officially Launches Outlook.com

Outlook e-mail does not have Multi-factor authentication in the strictest sense - at least when compared to GMail. However if you try to change anything "personal" about your Microsoft/Live account, then it will ask for a temp code it texts to your phone.

So, yes and no in regards to your question. No, it doesn't require two-factor authentication to log-in, but if you go and try your change some "critical" account settings, it will ask you for a second step of verification. However, in regards to whether the e-mail service specifically offers two-step authentication for login; the answer would be no.

 

The Microsoft account login server has detected too many repeated authentication attempts?

I was able to resolve the issue by flushing my Browser cache/history and removing all saved passwords. After doing this I was then forced to enter my credentials and routed to the correctly location and not stuck is some "login loop".

To answer your questions:

1. Yes it was ONLY MSDN

2. Yes I used a different browser and got the same results

3. The exact error message is listed in my original post link (see above)

Microsoft seem to use "clear your cache" as a solution to many of their OS update problems, wouldn't it be more prudent if Microsoft address the problem "at source" ... meaning the 1803 OS update?

Updating on other platforms like OSX or iOS doesn't seem to suffer from the same issues that Microsoft updates introduce. So obviously it can be done and the question is why isn't Microsoft correcting the problem with it's updates?

Cheers, Rob.