Visual Studio 2017 - How to fix error: We could not refresh the credentials for the account

Question

My email address has changed and now I can\'t log into Visual Studio 2017.

The error is \"We could not refresh the credentials for the account. Failed to refresh th

Answer 1

I found the same behavior when using Administrator user. Any other user can login and activate the license only for himself. I don't think there is a way to activate for Administrator, which makes using this licensing awkward for usage in a shared resource (i.e. build server).