Microsoft Teams users encountering problems. What is being done about it?
Perhaps Microsoft Teams wanted a long weekend?
On Friday, social media was buzzing with workers across the world struggling using Microsoft Teams.
Some couldn't access files. Others couldn't send photos. A big concern was a lag between when people would send messages and when the recipient would receive them.
The company acknowledged on social media that there was a problem.
Hi there, thank you for reaching out. We apologize for the inconvenience, our engineering team is aware and actively working to resolve this issue. Additional updates can be found in the admin portal under TM710344 or posted to https://t.co/w3hRMsDDYG
— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) January 26, 2024
Companies across the globe use Microsoft Teams. According to Demandsage.com, there are 320 million Microsoft Teams users in the world. It also said that more than 1 million organizations use the application, including 91 percent of Fortune 100 companies. The app has more than 100 million downloads on Android.
If you're one of them, don't worry, it's not your phone.
According to Downdector.com, the outages started a little before 11 a.m. By 3 p.m., reports of outages were starting to diminish..
We've completed the failover in the EMEA region and service telemetry is showing some improvement. The failovers for the North and South America regions are ongoing and we continue to monitor. Additional information can be found under TM710344 in the admin center.
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) January 26, 2024
Users took to the comments to share that it's impacting people all over.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Microsoft Teams down; users report errors, lags in the application
