Microsoft Teams experienced a 2.4-hour outage beginning July 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC, affecting users in the Asia-Pacific region — with users in Australia reporting calling features completely non-functional. The incident impacted multiple scenarios including meeting join, 1:1 and group calling, PSTN calls, meeting scheduling, and transcriptions, traced to a networking issue affecting dependent infrastructure components. The service reached near-full recovery, with users advised to end and restart any affected calls or meetings to restore functionality.
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Title: Some users may be unable to join or create Microsoft Teams meetings or calls
User impact: Users may be unable to join or create Microsoft Teams meetings or calls.
More info: According to our initial impact analysis, the following scenarios are among those most impacted:
-Transcriptions
-1:1 Calling
-Group calling
-Meeting join
-Meeting scheduling and creation
-Public switched telephone network (PSTN) calls
Current status: Our telemetry affirms that the impacted scenarios are nearly recovered. In parallel, we're recursively reviewing the health of the overall service environment, including dependent networking components, to better understand the cause and determine whether any mitigation actions are required to ensure the service remains healthy and available to users. In the interim, users' calls and meetings which were previously affected may need to be ended and restarted to see recovery.
Scope of impact: Any Microsoft Teams users in the Asia-Pacific region may be impacted when attempting to create or join meetings or calls. This information may be updated as our investigation continues.
Start time: Friday, July 24, 2026, at 12:25 AM UTC
Next update by: Friday, July 24, 2026, at 3:00 AM UTC
While we're observing recovery across a majority of affected scenarios, we're closely analyzing the service telemetry to isolate the source of the issue and ensure withstanding recovery.
This quick update is designed to give the latest information on this issue.
Title: Some users may be unable to join or create Microsoft Teams meetings or calls
User impact: Users may be unable to join or create Microsoft Teams meetings or calls.
More info: According to our initial impact analysis, the following scenarios are among those most impacted:
-Transcriptions
-1:1 Calling
-Group calling
-Meeting join
-Meeting scheduling and creation
-Public switched telephone network (PSTN) calls
Current status: We're investigating a potential networking issue which we suspect is associated with the impact, and we're working to identify the most expeditious mitigation approach.
Scope of impact: Any Microsoft Teams users may be impacted when attempting to create or join meetings or calls.
Next update by: Friday, July 24, 2026, at 2:00 AM UTC
Title: We're investigating a potential issue with Microsoft Teams
User impact: Users are reporting issues joining Microsoft Teams meetings.
Current status: We're investigating a potential issue which is preventing users from joining Microsoft Teams meetings and/or is causing disconnections, and we're checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes.
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