Outage in Microsoft 365
Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
Minor
March 02, 2026 - Started about 21 hours ago
Incident Report
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Admins receive the following error message, "Sorry, something went wrong".
Current status: We're investigating a potential issue with SharePoint Online and checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes.
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
about 6 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 07:12PM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Additionally, the top navigation suite bar (app launcher, search, and settings) doesn't load across SharePoint Online sites for any users.
When attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center, admins may see the following error message:
“Sorry, something went wrong.”
Technical details of the error may reference an application initialization error.
Current status: We've identified a recent service update to the SharePoint Online service infrastructure that we suspect may be causing the impact. While we prepare our configuration change for deployment, we've re-deployed a known healthy version of the SharePoint Online service as a potential remediation action to address the suspected issue with the aforementioned service update. We're testing with a subset of affected users to determine if the redeployment action has had any effect in restoring service functionality.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 3:30 PM UTC
Next update by: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 7:00 AM UTC
about 8 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 04:59PM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Additionally, the top navigation suite bar (app launcher, search, and settings) doesn't load across SharePoint Online sites for any users.
When attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center, admins may see the following error message:
“Sorry, something went wrong.”
Technical details of the error may reference an application initialization error.
Current status: We've isolated that impact isn’t limited to users or admins in Australia and updated the "Title", "User impact", and "Scope of impact" sections of our communications to reflect this change. We're analyzing recent updates to the SharePoint Online admin center. We’re also implementing a configuration change to have SharePoint Online admin center access requests route to any available endpoint as a potential remediation action to restore users to a healthy operating state while we continue to work to isolate the underlying root cause.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 8:30 PM UTC
about 12 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 01:15PM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Additionally, the top navigation suite bar (app launcher, search, and settings) doesn't load across SharePoint Online sites for any users. When attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center, admins may see the following error message:
“Sorry, something went wrong.”
Technical details may reference an application initialization error.
Current status: We’re progressing with our investigation into the reported behavior and are reviewing the additional information provided by affected users to determine next steps toward mitigation.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 5:30 PM UTC
about 14 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 10:29AM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Additionally, the top navigation suite bar (app launcher, search, and settings) doesn't load across SharePoint Online sites for any users. When attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center, admins may see the following error message:
“Sorry, something went wrong.”
Technical details may reference an application initialization error.
Current status: We’re continuing to investigate the reported behavior and are awaiting additional information from affected users to help validate our findings and confirm next mitigative steps.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 2:00 PM UTC
about 16 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 09:17AM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: All admins cannot access the SharePoint Online admin center.
In addition, the top navigation suite bar (app launcher, search, and settings) does not load across SharePoint Online sites for any users.
When attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center, admins may see the following error message:
“Sorry, something went wrong.”
Technical details may reference an application initialization error.
Current status: We’ve identified that this issue appears to be region-specific, with impact currently observed for users accessing SharePoint Online from Australia. We’re continuing to investigate the behavior and are reviewing request patterns and service responses to understand why components are not loading as expected in this region.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 11:30 AM UTC
about 18 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 06:36AM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Admins receive the following error message, "Sorry, something went wrong".
Current status: Our investigation into the HAR logs and Unified Logging Service (ULS) logs continue while we try to identify the underlying root cause.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 9:30 AM UTC
about 20 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 04:48AM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Admins receive the following error message, "Sorry, something went wrong".
Current status: We're continuing to investigate the HAR logs to help with isolating the source of the issue.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 7:00 AM UTC
about 21 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 03:52AM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Admins receive the following error message, "Sorry, something went wrong".
Current status: We're reviewing HTTP Archive format (HAR) logs from admins reproducing the issue to help with the investigation and to identify our next troubleshooting steps.
Scope of impact: Some admins or users attempting to access the SharePoint Online admin center or sites may be impacted, and are returned an error message stating “Sorry, something went wrong.” This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Next update by: Monday, March 2, 2026, at 5:00 AM UTC
about 21 hours ago - at 03/02/2026 03:30AM
Title: Some admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center
User impact: Admins may be unable to access the SharePoint Online admin center.
More info: Admins receive the following error message, "Sorry, something went wrong".
Current status: We're investigating a potential issue with SharePoint Online and checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes.
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