M365 Service Status (2 degradations at 2025-05-15 12:53)

  • [Service Degradation] 2025-05-14 12:50 Some users may be unable to utilize automatic forwarding with their Exchange Online mailbox
  • [Service Degradation] 2025-05-12 10:45 Due to a third-party networking issue, users in the Japan region may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-15 12:48 Some users may be unable to open PDF and image files in SharePoint Online and receive an error
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-15 02:32 Some users may be unable to access the Outlook desktop and mobile apps
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-14 06:43 Users accessing Microsoft Teams from the Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 2 experience service quality issues
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-14 03:05 Some users may see “unknown presence” instead of an accurate presence for certain users in Microsoft Teams
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-13 11:26 Some users may have seen “unknown presence” instead of an accurate presence for Skype for Business users
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-13 05:40 Users’ inbound email messages are quarantined in Exchange Online when they contain attachments
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-13 03:58 Some users without a Premium license may not have the option to use eCDN for town hall meetings in Microsoft Teams
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-13 02:37 Users may be erroneously able to see and install Teams-specific public apps in Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-13 02:31 Users may be erroneously able to see and install Teams-specific public apps in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • [False Positive] 2025-05-10 06:23 Some users may be unable to view screens being shared by other users in Microsoft Teams web client
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-09 07:43 Users’ searches in SharePoint Online may have returned no results
  • [False Positive] 2025-05-09 07:24 Unlicensed users may be unable to access Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Chat
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-08 05:06 Some users without a Premium license may not have the option to use eCDN for town hall meetings in Microsoft Teams
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-07 12:32 Users may have experienced issues with multiple Microsoft 365 services
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-06 06:32 Users’ SharePoint Online links in Microsoft Teams and Exchange Online aren’t being scanned by Safe Links
  • [Service Restored] 2025-05-06 01:34 Some users may have potential phishing email messages sent to their Junk folder in Exchange Online instead of quarantine

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    Some users may be unable to utilize automatic forwarding with their Exchange Online mailbox
    Last Update: 2025-05-14 12:50(JST)
    Next Update By: 2025-05-14 06:00(JST)
    Status: Service Degradation
    Affected Service: Exchange Online


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    Due to a third-party networking issue, users in the Japan region may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services
    Start Time: 2025-05-12 08:00(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-12 10:45(JST)

    Status: Service Degradation
    Affected Service: Microsoft 365 suite


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    Some users may be unable to open PDF and image files in SharePoint Online and receive an error
    Start Time: 2025-05-15 03:35(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-15 12:48(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: SharePoint Online

    Impacted users may have seen an error stating “Folder is empty”.

    Additionally, some users may have encountered similar impact for other file
    types, including .eml and .msg files.


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    Some users may be unable to access the Outlook desktop and mobile apps
    Start Time: 2025-05-08 07:00(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-15 02:32(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Exchange Online

    Users may have received an error stating “Something went wrong.
    [4usqa]” or “AADSTS500014: The service principal for resource ‘[Resource ID]’
    was disabled.” when attempting to access the Outlook desktop and mobile app.

    Outlook on the web and the new Outlook desktop apps were unaffected.

    Users could have enabled the Information Protection app’s service principal in
    Microsoft Azure to allow users to access the Outlook desktop and mobile apps;
    however, the app may have been automatically disabled and cause the impact to
    reoccur.


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    Users accessing Microsoft Teams from the Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 2 experience service quality issues
    Start Time: 2024-06-01 09:00(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-14 06:43(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft Teams


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    Some users may see “unknown presence” instead of an accurate presence for certain users in Microsoft Teams
    Start Time: 2025-04-29 01:31(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-14 03:05(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft Teams

    Users may have seen “unknown presence” showing for some cross cloud
    users. Users in the same cloud had their presence showing accurately.


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    Some users may have seen “unknown presence” instead of an accurate presence for Skype for Business users
    Start Time: 2025-04-29 01:31(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-13 11:26(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft Teams


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    Users’ inbound email messages are quarantined in Exchange Online when they contain attachments
    Start Time: 2025-05-08 02:04(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-13 05:40(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Exchange Online


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    Some users without a Premium license may not have the option to use eCDN for town hall meetings in Microsoft Teams
    Start Time: 2025-04-11 02:30(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-13 03:58(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft Teams


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    Users may be erroneously able to see and install Teams-specific public apps in Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)
    Start Time: 2025-05-03 05:35(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-13 02:37(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

    This issue may have allowed users to see and install Teams-specific
    public apps that were blocked by your organization’s policies in the Microsoft
    Teams admin center, though line-of-business apps weren’t impacted.


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    Users may be erroneously able to see and install Teams-specific public apps in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
    Start Time: 2025-05-03 05:35(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-13 02:31(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft 365 suite

    Additionally, users may have been erroneously able to see and install
    Teams-specific public apps in Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365).

    This issue may have allowed users to see and install Teams-specific public apps
    that were blocked by your organization’s policies, though line-of-business apps
    aren’t impacted.


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    Some users may be unable to view screens being shared by other users in Microsoft Teams web client
    Last Update: 2025-05-10 06:23(JST)

    Status: False Positive
    Affected Service: Microsoft Teams


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    Users’ searches in SharePoint Online may have returned no results
    Start Time: 2025-04-17 09:00(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-09 07:43(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: SharePoint Online

    The issue specifically impacted tenants created on or after Thursday,
    April 17, 2025.


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    Unlicensed users may be unable to access Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Chat
    Last Update: 2025-05-09 07:24(JST)

    Status: False Positive
    Affected Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

    Unlicensed users are returned an error message when attempting to
    interact with Copilot Chat, which states: “Looks like you do not have access to
    the Copilot. Contact your administrator to get access to Copilot.”

    The following documentation outlines the updated requirements for eligibility in
    Microsoft Copilot:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/manage

    Affected users can follow the following steps to bypass impact:

    – Navigate to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center > Settings > Integrated Apps

    – Locate and click on “Copilot” in the apps list

    – Once the callout panel opens, click ‘Users’ and select the option for ‘All
    users in the organization can install’ or use the group option if desired.


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    Some users without a Premium license may not have the option to use eCDN for town hall meetings in Microsoft Teams
    Start Time: 2025-04-11 02:30(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-08 05:06(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft Teams

    Some organizations who had the Enterprise Content Delivery Network
    (eCDN) field updated with a third party eCDN in the ‘Live events settings” page
    may have experienced this issue during the town hall when non-Premium users
    scheduled a town hall.


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    Users may have experienced issues with multiple Microsoft 365 services
    Start Time: 2025-05-06 10:00(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-07 12:32(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Microsoft 365 suite

    Impacted services included, but were not limited to:

    – Microsoft Teams

    – SharePoint Online

    – OneDrive for Business


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    Users’ SharePoint Online links in Microsoft Teams and Exchange Online aren’t being scanned by Safe Links
    Start Time: 2025-04-18 09:00(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-06 06:32(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: SharePoint Online

    This specifically impacted users with an E5 license.


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    Some users may have potential phishing email messages sent to their Junk folder in Exchange Online instead of quarantine
    Start Time: 2025-05-05 12:16(JST)
    Last Update: 2025-05-06 01:34(JST)

    Status: Service Restored
    Affected Service: Exchange Online