NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers around the world on Monday reported problems with services like Outlook and Teams.
Posts on social media and comments on platforms such as outage tracker Downdetector revealed that some affected people were having trouble reading email, loading their calendars, or opening other Microsoft 365 applications such as Powerpoint. states that there is.
On the same day, Microsoft acknowledged “an issue impacting users attempting to access features within Exchange Online or Microsoft Teams Calendar.” In an update posted to social media platform It was stated that they are working to bring it back.
Microsoft shared that it is rolling out a fix, and announced that approximately 98% of “affected environments” had been patched as of just before noon ET. Still, the company later noted that the targeted restart was slower than expected for the majority of affected users.
“We are experiencing delays in our recovery efforts and are taking immediate steps to address this,” Microsoft 365 Status wrote on Monday afternoon. “We understand the significant impact this event has had on your business and are working to provide relief as quickly as possible.”
Downdetector data shows thousands of outage reports from users of Microsoft 365, specifically Outlook. Reports appeared to peak around noon ET on Monday, but have declined somewhat since then.