Outage in Microsoft 365
Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online
Resolved Minor
May 24, 2026 - Started about 18 hours ago
- Lasted about 9 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
Microsoft 365 users worldwide experienced intermittent failures when accessing Exchange Online mailboxes due to faulty authentication components and underperforming SQL infrastructure. The issue affected users globally who were routed through the impacted infrastructure, preventing them from accessing their mailboxes via various connection methods. Microsoft deployed a fix to address the faulty authentication components and restarted affected infrastructure to restore service after 9.2 hours.
Title: Potential issues accessing mailboxes via one or more connection methods
User impact: Users may experience errors or failures when accessing their mailbox via one or more Exchange Online connection methods.
Current status: We're investigating a potential issue and checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 60 minutes.
Components affected
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
about 11 hours ago - at 05/25/2026 06:15AM
Title: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online
User impact: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online.
Current status: We've confirmed that impact began shortly after certain authentication components stopped functioning as expected. We're furthering our investigation on the diagnostic data to help determine our path towards remediation to restore the affected authentication components.
Scope of impact: This issue may impact users worldwide that are routed through the impacted infrastructure. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 11:00 PM UTC
Root cause: A portion of the structured query language infrastructure responsible for accessing Exchange Online isn't performing as efficiently as expected, resulting in impact.
Next update by: Monday, May 25, 2026, at 8:30 AM UTC
about 13 hours ago - at 05/25/2026 04:17AM
Title: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online
User impact: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online.
Current status: In an attempt to alleviate impact, we've restarted some of the affected infrastructure with mixed results. We're continuing our root cause investigation using all available diagnostic data to help determine our next steps towards remediation.
Scope of impact: This issue may impact users worldwide that are routed through the impacted infrastructure. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 11:00 PM UTC
Root cause: A portion of the structured query language infrastructure responsible for accessing Exchange Online isn't performing as efficiently as expected, resulting in impact.
Next update by: Monday, May 25, 2026, at 6:30 AM UTC
about 15 hours ago - at 05/25/2026 02:09AM
Title: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online
User impact: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online.
Current status: We've confirmed that faulty authentication components within the infrastructure caused impact. We're developing and deploying a fix we anticipate will alleviate impact.
Scope of impact: This issue may impact users worldwide that are routed through the impacted infrastructure. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 11:00 PM UTC
Root cause: A portion of the structured query language infrastructure responsible for accessing Exchange Online isn't performing as efficiently as expected, resulting in impact.
Next update by: Monday, May 25, 2026, at 4:30 AM UTC
about 17 hours ago - at 05/25/2026 12:22AM
Title: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online
User impact: Users may intermittently be unable to access Exchange Online.
Current status: We were alerted that a portion of the SQL infrastructure responsible for accessing Exchange Online isn't performing as efficiently as expected which resulted in impact. We're investigating different troubleshooting methods to alleviate impact.
Scope of impact: This issue may impact users worldwide that are routed through the impacted infrastructure. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 11:00 PM UTC
Root cause: A portion of the structured query language infrastructure responsible for accessing Exchange Online isn't performing as efficiently as expected, resulting in impact.
Next update by: Monday, May 25, 2026, at 2:30 AM UTC
about 18 hours ago - at 05/24/2026 11:22PM
Title: Potential issues accessing mailboxes via one or more connection methods
User impact: Users may experience errors or failures when accessing their mailbox via one or more Exchange Online connection methods.
Current status: We're investigating a potential issue and checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 60 minutes.
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