If you're having difficulty accessing certain services akin Microsoft Teams or Outlook, you're not alone. As of first Thursday afternoon, many of Microsoft's biggest apps and services were experiencing downtime. According to Downdetector, which tracks person reports of issues alongside websites and platforms, Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, Teams, and OneDrive were all experiencing issues.
Looking specifically at Outlook, Microsoft's email assistance currently has hundreds of thousands of person reports, indication a important matter location in Microsoft's pipeline. It's not clear, however, what's causing the problems alongside Microsoft's services. When I archetypal published this article, I couldn't equal burden Microsoft 365's position page. Now, as of 2:17 p.m., the leaf loads. (I've reported on many assistance outages, but I can't recall a period whenever a service's position leaf was additionally down.)
The leaf now says "Service degradation on Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise)," and Microsoft says the following services may be affected: Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Copilot 365, Microsoft Defender XDR.
It's imaginable the matter goes beyond Microsoft, too. Downdetector is showing person reports alongside Google services akin Gmail, Amazon Web Services, and Cloudflare. While we could be looking at item additional widespread, those reports faint in difference to users complaining of Microsoft issues, so, for the period being, it seems additional apt to be a Microsoft-specific issue. I'll keep this part updated alongside the latest news.
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