Microsoft Teams, the widely utilized messaging platform, experienced a temporary disruption on Friday, with users reporting issues accessing the service. The disruption prompted Microsoft to undertake extended monitoring and mitigation efforts, resulting in the confirmation of service restoration on Saturday.
In a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Microsoft assured users that Teams’ service and features were back to optimal health. During the disruption, numerous users had flagged issues with the messaging platform, reaching a peak of over 14,000 incidents in the afternoon, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. All reported incidents appeared to be resolved by Saturday.
Microsoft attributed the disruption to a networking issue affecting a portion of the Teams service and stated that it had performed a failover to address the issue. Microsoft Teams, a component of the popular 365 software suite, is widely employed by professionals for activities such as scheduling online meetings, chatting, and file sharing.
Downdetector, a platform tracking outages through user-submitted error reports, played a role in highlighting the extent of the disruptions. The company’s response and resolution efforts were successful in restoring normalcy to the Microsoft Teams platform.
