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Outage in HUIT

Microsoft 365 Issues Affecting Sending and Receiving Emails

Resolved Minor
January 22, 2026 - Started 24 days ago - Lasted about 16 hours
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Microsoft has confirmed broad issues with M365. We are actively working with Microsoft to remediate this issue. We will provide an update as we learn more.

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 23 days ago - at 01/23/2026 12:40PM

Microsoft has confirmed the incident was resolved early this morning. Our external email queues are now clear, indicating that messages from outside Harvard are being delivered successfully. If you continue to experience login issues, please contact the HUIT Service Desk at 617-495-7777 or ithelp@harvard.edu

MONITORING 24 days ago - at 01/23/2026 01:16AM

Microsoft is indicating that a fix is in place, it is taking time to propagate.  Harvard is still experiencing delays in receiving and sending emails. This is an issue impacting all of North America.

MONITORING 24 days ago - at 01/22/2026 11:45PM

Microsoft is continuing to work to restore service; however, Microsoft 365 services (including Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive) are still experiencing issues. We expect an additional update from Microsoft soon.

MONITORING 24 days ago - at 01/22/2026 10:15PM

Microsoft has reported that it has restored the affected infrastructure; however, services are not yet fully recovered.
You may experience delays receiving Outlook emails from senders outside of Harvard.
We are continuing to monitor and will post more information as it becomes available from Microsoft.

INVESTIGATING 24 days ago - at 01/22/2026 09:31PM

Microsoft has confirmed broad issues with M365. We are actively working with Microsoft to remediate this issue. We will provide an update as we learn more.

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