Microsoft Teams, Outlook outage impacted thousands of users

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Wednesday (25th Jan) it was investigating a networking issue that impacted multiple services including Teams and Outlook, with outage reports saying the platforms were down for thousands of users globally.

Microsoft did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but data from outage tracking website Downdetector showed more than 3,900 incidents in India and over 900 in Japan. Outage reports also spiked in Australia, Britain and the United Arab Emirates.

Update on Microsoft Teams and outlook outage

Microsoft updated on tweet @MSFT365Status
We’ve rolled back a network change that we believe is causing impact. We’re monitoring the service as the rollback takes effect.
We’re continuing to monitor the recovery across the service and some customers are reporting mitigation. We’re also connecting the service to additional infrastructure to expedite the recovery process.