Microsoft Teams down updates — Hundreds of users report system outage just days after Friday blackout
HUNDREDS of Microsoft Teams users are reporting a system outage Monday.
Reports reached around 470 on Downdetector Monday morning, and have remained at around 120 in the afternoon.
"UGH! Files are not opening at all,"; one user complained.
Microsoft has acknowledged the issue on X, formerly known as Twitter, , "We're investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Microsoft Teams or features within North America, Canada and Brazil."
The outage comes days after Microsoft Teams users experienced a blackout.
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'Service remains in a healthy state'
Microsoft issued an update on the outage.
The company said it is monitoring the issue.
Reports continue to drop
Issue reports on have continued to steadily decline.
Reports now sit at around 260.
New hire struggling with outage
With Microsoft Teams experiencing an outage, one user vented on X, formerly known as Twitter, about how the issues are impacting them.
"The day is not starting out well," they .
"Apparently Microsoft Teams has a major outage, so I couldn’t even get on my onboarding call.
"And other stuff (like their training platform I have to complete stuff on today) is all kinds of broken…."
User rips Microsoft
One user slammed Microsoft teams as "the worst."
Reports go down
Issue reports have slightly dropped on .
There are currently around 330.
Earlier this morning, reports reached as high as 470.
However, the outage is not confirmed to be resolved.
Microsoft issues comment
Microsoft 365 has issued a comment via X, formerly known as Twitter, addressing the outage.
Users joke about interacting in person
As many workers are reporting issues with Microsoft Teams, some have taken to social media to joke about having to interact in person.
"Collective staff thought bubble: You mean we might, like, have to, like actually, you know, like talk to each other...like, in person? For real?" one .
Another quipped in , "Oh no! Microsoft Teams being down is definitely a bummer. But hey, its a chance to embrace face-to-face communication and team bonding, right?"
Users flock to X
Microsoft Teams users have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to vent about the reported outage.
Outage map shows several hot spots
A heat map provided by shows multiple hot spots across the country.
Hundreds of users are experiencing issues with Microsoft TeamsCredit: Downdetector
Most reported problems
Hundreds of users are reporting an outage with Microsoft Teams.
The most reported problems to include:
- App (58%)
- Server connection (30%)
- Website (13%)
Microsoft Teams down
Hundreds of Microsoft Team users are reporting an outage Monday morning.
Over 470 users have reported the outage to .
Reports plummet as customers report resolution
Reports are down to 200 as of 7:30pm EST, and customers are reporting resolutions.
"Still a blank screen on laptops in Denver. Works on app again (android). Just now getting messages from 7 hours ago," one user.
"New Teams on desktop is working for me now, at least the images within chat's are coming through, this is after I quit the application from the System Tray and relaunched it," wrote another.
Hundreds still reporting outages
As of 6:30, over 400 people have reported issues with Microsoft Teams.
This is way down from the nearly 15,000 at peak reports today.
"Teams is still down in dallas, texas - new beta teams is a white screen mobile app is slowly bringing messages from this morning," shared one commenter on .
Microsoft is 'monitoring positive internal telemetry'
Microsoft has shared another update, naming the features they are focusing on in order to return service to users.
Solution 'did not provide immediate relief' to some
Microsoft Office posted another update, saying that the "failover operation" they started was not entirely successful.
Problems continue to decrease
Issues with Microsoft Teams have dropped below 4,000 reports now, per Downdetector.
This comes after Microsoft said they "identified the issue" earlier this afternoon.
Reports are dropping
Reported issues reached as high as 14,000, but the problems are decreasing.
There are currently under 7,000 reported issues at this time.
Microsoft Teams outage graphCredit: Downdetector.com Outage heat map
Below is a map of North America and where Microsoft Teams users are experiencing the most issues, per Downdetector.
Outage heat mapCredit: Downdetector.com 'Near dysfunctional'
People are sharing their struggles with Microsoft Teams today on social media.
'Some improvement'
Microsoft 365 Status has shared that it is continuing to monitor the issue.
Reports reach new heights
There are now over 14,100 reports of issues with Microsoft Teams, according to .
'Every Friday'
Microsoft Teams users are continuing to complain after the service went down earlier this afternoon.
Reports continue to rise
Despite Microsoft revealing they have "identified the issues" users continue to report problems with the service on Downdetector.
Reports have risen above 8,000.
Microsoft Teams outage graphCredit: Downdetector.com Teams has 'identified the issue'
MS 365 has reportedly "identified the issue" causing the outage on Microsoft Teams.
Issues continue to break ceilings
There are over 5,100 reports visible on Downdetector.
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