A third-party regional networking issue in Australia prevented users from accessing the full Microsoft 365 suite, lasting approximately 6 hours. Microsoft detected the issue through internal monitoring and worked to manually reroute affected traffic while engaging the third-party provider. Traffic rerouting was the primary remediation path pursued to restore access for impacted Australian users.
Trusted by 1,000+ teams
Stop finding out about outages from your users. Monitor 6,320+ cloud services and get alerted the second something breaks.
Title: Due to a third-party networking issue, users in Australia may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services
User impact: Due to a third-party networking issue, users in Australia may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services.
Current status: We've identified through internal monitoring that users in Australia may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services. While we reach out directly to the involved third-party provider for further insight, we're working to manually reroute impacted traffic as a potential route to remediation, which we anticipate may take effect by our next scheduled update.
Scope of impact: Users in Australia may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Root cause: A third-party regional networking issue is occurring, preventing users from accessing Microsoft 365 services as expected.
Next update by: Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 3:00 AM UTC
With IsDown, you can monitor all your critical services' official status pages from one centralized dashboard and receive instant alerts the moment an outage is detected. Say goodbye to constantly checking multiple sites for updates and stay ahead of outages with IsDown.
Start free trialNo credit card required · Cancel anytime · 6320 services available
Integrations with