Microsoft cloud outage hits users around the world

Chris Lynch
Chris Lynch
Jan 25, 2023 |

Microsoft is investigating issues with several of its products, including Teams and Outlook.

The U.S. technology giant said that users may not be able to access multiple Microsoft 365 services.

We’re investigating issues impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services. More info can be found in the admin center under MO502273” the company said.

Microsoft confirmed that users may be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services.

“We’ve received reports that the following services are impacted: Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Graph.

Microsoft did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but data from outage tracking website Downdetector showed thousands of incidents distributed across continents.

The Downdetector site tracks outages by collating status reports from sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.

Chris Lynch
Chris Lynch

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