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Microsoft 365 outage blocking Teams, Exchange Online, and admin center access

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Microsoft is dealing with a Microsoft 365 outage that is blocking access to Teams, Exchange Online, and the admin center, with some users also unable to complete MFA or Microsoft Entra SSO sign-in. The disruption matters because it is cutting off day-to-day collaboration and administrative access for affected organizations. Microsoft says engineers are actively mitigating the issue by rebalancing dependent service infrastructure.

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  1. 08.10.2025 21:35 2 articles · 8mo ago

    Microsoft 365 outage disrupts Teams, Exchange Online, and admin center access

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    Microsoft is responding to an ongoing Microsoft 365 outage that is preventing some users from accessing Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and the Microsoft 365 admin center, while also causing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) sign-in issues. Microsoft is tracking the issue as an incident on the Service Health Dashboard, providing updates on the Service Health Status page and status.cloud.microsoft, and rebalancing dependent service infrastructure as a near-term mitigation action.

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