Microsoft Teams: Sign-in is blocked error

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Sign-in is blocked
Sign-in with username is blocked for one of these reasons:
Someone entered the wrong password too many times.
If you signed up for this account through an organization, 
you might not be able to use it yet.

Reset your password
Sign in using another Microsoft account

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Timestamp: 2021-02-17T16:58:51.026Z

I received the above error message when I tried to log in to Microsoft Teams (on MacBook running macOS Big Sur) using my Outlook email id, and as the message stated, my account was locked due to multiple incorrect attempts.

I did find the below links from Microsoft helpful:

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/you-can-t-sign-in-to-your-microsoft-account-475c9b5c-8c25-49f1-9c2d-c64b7072e735
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/unlock-your-microsoft-account-or-outlook-email-9bcc8d41-7273-75ce-fabc-0047d985d237
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/reset-a-forgotten-microsoft-account-password-eff4f067-5042-c1a3-fe72-b04d60556c37

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