GoKawiilMicrosoft is investigating a widespread service issue causing authentication issues and email delays and failures for Exchange Online customers.
It first acknowledged this incident (tracked under EX1464935 in the admin center) at 5:30 PM UTC, when it began investigating a stream of reports from users on social media.
According to outage tracking service Downdetector, tens of thousands of Exchange Online users are affected and experiencing issues receiving emails via Outlook and accessing the Exchange Online platform.
Microsoft says the list of symptoms includes:
Delays or failures when sending or receiving email messages.
Authentication-related errors when accessing Exchange Online services.
Difficulties accessing or performing actions within Exchange administration experiences.
Intermittent failures affecting mailbox operations and message delivery workflows.
While the company has yet to reveal which regions are impacted, it has classified this outage as an incident, which is typically used to describe critical service issues with noticeable user impact.
"We've isolated a common failure pattern across affected Exchange Online requests that is associated with authentication and protocol connectivity," Microsoft added in the latest admin center update.
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