Microsoft Teams went down, but at the best possible time
The timing of this major Microsoft Teams outage meant fortunately no-one really noticed
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A major outage has affectedMicrosoft Teams, but fortunately not many users will have been too affected as it occured in the middle of the night.
Thevideo conferencingservice went down at around 01.45am UTC last night (July 21) with users unable to connect or joinMicrosoftTeams calls.
The outage also had a knock-on effect on several otherMicrosoft 365services, with the likes of Word, Office Online and SharePoint Online seemingly affected.
Microsoft Teams down
Microsoft acknowledged the outage in a tweet on its Microsoft 365 Status profile, noting that the cause appeared to be internal.
“We’ve determined that a recent deployment contained a broken connection to an internal storage service, which has resulted in impact,” it said in a follow-uptweet.
The outage continued for several hours, with Microsoft only confirming that Teams was returning to full functionality three hours after its initial declaration.
Fortunately, the timing of the outage, coming as most of Europe and Asia was offline for the night, and most of the Americas was finishing for the working day, meant that the majority of users were not affected.
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However. several users were quick to reply to Microsoft’s tweets, urging the company to not rush the repairs too much.
I just want to say, Microsoft Teams, please take your time. No rush to fix your servers. Really it’s ok. We can wait.WE CAN WAIT. REALLY.July 21, 2022
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Microsoft Teams has proved fairly resilient to outages in its short lifespan, with the service only seeingmajor downtime back in April 2020as it was at the beginning of its popularity.
The company has worked hard to ensure its popular messaging service remains operational for users around the world, releasing a number of security updates and upgrades for the platform to keep it safe from cyberthreats.
This includes the launch ofend-to-end encryption (E2EE), which should make it harder for outside forces such as hackers or fraudsters to gain access to information shared over Microsoft Teams.
ViaThe Register
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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