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degraded
Outlook · Ongoing · 71d 5h 46m
Recovery estimateLonger than typical (most degraded incidents clear within ~7h 50m; fleet-wide estimate).
Recorded timeline
- Started · identifiedUser impact: Users may be unable to connect to their mailboxes in Exchange Online through multiple connection methods. More info: Potentially impacted connection methods may include: - Outlook on the web - Messaging API (MAPI) - Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) - Representational State Transfer (REST) API Current status: We’ve identified connectivity errors occurring on a portion of Exchange Online infrastructure which receives and processes users’ access requests. We’ve collected networking logs to review to further investigate the source of these errors and confirm our next steps. Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access their mailbox in Exchange Online using the affected connection methods. Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 8:00 PM UTC
- Update · investigatingTitle: Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services User impact: Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services. More info: Potentially impacted services include: - Exchange Online - Microsoft Teams - SharePoint Online - Microsoft Copilot 365 - Microsoft Defender XDR Current status: We’re investigating an issue impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services and we've determined the affected infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which is likely contributing to the connectivity errors. We're restarting and repairing impacted portions of this infrastructure to restore capacity, and reviewing an unexpected increase in a specific type of service traffic to determine whether it's contributing to the elevated load. In parallel, we're evaluating options to redirect traffic to alternate infrastructure to expedite relief. Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access the affected Microsoft 365 services. Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 8:30 PM UTC
- Update · investigatingUser impact: Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services. More info: Potentially impacted services include: - Exchange Online - Microsoft Teams - SharePoint Online - Microsoft Copilot 365 - Microsoft Defender XDR Current status: We've completed redistributing connection traffic across our worldwide infrastructure, and we're moving additional traffic off the affected infrastructure to further reduce load. We're also restarting affected servers to return them to service. In parallel, we're investigating whether the elevated traffic reflects a genuine increase in requests or a shift in how traffic is being routed across our infrastructure. Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access the affected Microsoft 365 services. Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 9:00 PM UTC
- Update · activeUser impact: Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services. More info: Potentially impacted services include: - Exchange Online - Microsoft Teams - SharePoint Online - Microsoft Copilot 365 - Microsoft Defender XDR Current status: We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact. As a precaution, we've paused all deployments and configuration changes while we review recent changes for any correlation to this event. We've also moved traffic for some services off the affected infrastructure to further reduce load, with additional traffic moves in progress. Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access the affected Microsoft 365 services. Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 9:00 PM UTC
- Update · investigatingUser impact: Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services. More info: Potentially impacted services include: - Exchange Online - Microsoft Teams - SharePoint Online - Microsoft Copilot 365 - Microsoft Defender XDR Current status: We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact. As a precaution, we've paused all deployments and configuration changes while we review recent changes for any correlation to this event. We've determined that the elevated load isn't driven by an overall increase in traffic, but by a large number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable, which is shifting load onto the remaining infrastructure. We're investigating what's causing these servers to become unavailable while we work to safely return them to service. Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access the affected Microsoft 365 services. Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 10:00 PM UTC