Microsoft Teams Locks Users Out of Personal Accounts After Leaving an Organization
When users leave an employer, their former work Microsoft account persists in Teams and blocks access to their personal account. There is no clean identity separation mechanism, leaving ex-employees unable to use Teams with their own credentials. This is a structural auth design gap that affects anyone who transitions between employers using the Microsoft ecosystem.
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