Recovery in Progress: Microsoft Teams Gradually Restores Normal Operations Following Outage

Microsoft Teams is gradually recovering from an outage that disrupted access to the messaging platform. On Friday, services began returning for some users, with about 1,600 reported incidents at 05:20 p.m. ET, down from over 14,000 earlier, according to Downdetector.com. Microsoft acknowledged a networking issue affecting part of the Teams service and initiated a failover, though immediate relief was not provided to all users in North and South America. Microsoft Teams, integral for online meetings and collaboration, is a key component of the company’s widely used 365 software suite. Downdetector.com tracks outages by compiling status reports from various sources, including user-submitted errors.