Multiple Microsoft 365 Services Are Experiencing An Outage

Microsoft’s Microsoft 365 suite suffered a broad outage after the company said affected infrastructure was experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, disrupting services including Outlook, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Copilot 365 and Microsoft Defender XDR. Microsoft’s support account on X acknowledged the issue, and the company said it was restarting and repairing impacted infrastructure while reviewing an unexpected increase in a specific type of service traffic. The status report cited Business and Enterprise tiers as potentially affected, though individual users also appeared to be impacted, and some Engadget staff could not load Microsoft’s service status page. The incident matters because Microsoft 365 underpins email, collaboration and security tools for enterprises worldwide, so even partial outages can disrupt daily operations at scale. Watch for Microsoft’s next status updates on restored capacity and whether traffic redirection to alternate infrastructure shortens the disruption.