Microsoft’s online services, such as 365, Azure or Teams, have suffered a worldwide drop in their operation.
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A authentication system update it would have been the cause of a worldwide drop in Microsoft’s online services.
365, Asure, Teams, or Dynamics 365 users have experienced global service outages for at least one hour, between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday, with peaks of more than thirty thousand notices by users who could not use Microsoft’s online services platform.
After detecting that this update had caused the failure, Microsoft proceeded to uninstall it, gradually reducing service interruptions with fewer and fewer people affected.
Hi there, we’re investigating an issue with access to multiple M365 services. We apologize for the inconvenience. While our team works for a solution, for more details, please follow MO244568 in the admin center or here: https://t.co/inkEWTTFVg
— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) March 15, 2021
The fall has affected not only corporate and professional employees but also private and academic users. This is due to the rise of the Teams application in video conferencing and Teachings to distance. As a result of the pandemic, the use of platforms such as Zoom or Slack multiplied exponentially, but in some educational areas, where the integration of students into the Microsoft ecosystem is common thanks to academic licenses to use their products, Teams has become become an everyday tool.
For this reason, this worldwide decline in Microsoft’s online services is especially relevant as it has affected so many of its services and the large number of people it reaches, beyond the professional and labor spheres.
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