Reporting abuse

If you encounter a forum post that violates the Code of Conduct or Terms of Use (for example, posts containing spam, abusive language, blatant advertising, requests for private materials available only to customers on a Microsoft  support service plan, confidential information, etc.), you may flag the post as being abusive. This is done by clicking the Report link at the top of any forum post:

When Report window appears, select Abusive, Inappropriate, or Spam from the Reason drop-down menu, followed by a brief Description of why you are reporting the issue.

You must be authenticated to see and use this option.

The Community Team regularly reviews flagged posts and are subject to being removed at their discretion. The user may be suspended or banned depending on the severity of the infraction. If you have flagged a post and it has not been removed, you may escalate the issue by contacting the Community Team.