Microsoft 365 Outage Impacts North America – March 6, 2026

Users across North America are currently experiencing disruptions with several Microsoft 365 services, including the Microsoft 365 admin center, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams. The outage began impacting users around 8:45 a.m. ET on Friday, March 6, 2026, with reports escalating throughout the morning.

Current Status and Impact

As of 11:45 a.m. ET, Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is actively working to restore service. According to the company’s status page, users in the North American region may be unable to access the affected services. Microsoft’s network health status page provides a real-time view of service availability.

Microsoft stated it is “retrieving additional service monitoring telemetry for review as we work to isolate the root cause and develop a remediation plan.” The scope of the impact is currently limited to users in North America attempting to access the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint Online.

User Reports

Downdetector has been tracking user reports of the outage, showing a significant spike in issues reported this morning. Downdetector’s Microsoft 365 status page shows real-time reports and user comments. As of 11:15 AM PST, IsDown reports 507 user reports in the past 24 hours. IsDown is tracking 19 components in real-time.

Recent user reports indicate specific issues, including:

• Inability to attend meetings on Microsoft Teams.
• Problems sending emails to external recipients.
• General issues with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online.
• Planner not loading or refreshing.
• Difficulties accessing the M365 admin center and SharePoint sites.

Microsoft’s Update

The full status update from Microsoft states:

“User impact: Users in the North American region may be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services.
More info: Impacted services include, but are not limited to:
– Microsoft 365 admin center
Current status: We’re retrieving additional service monitoring telemetry for review as we work to isolate the root cause and develop a remediation plan.
Scope of impact: Impact is specific to some users located in North American region attempting to access the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online.
Next update by: Friday, March 6, 2026, at 5:30 PM UTC”

Ongoing Monitoring

Microsoft is expected to provide another update by 5:30 PM UTC on Friday, March 6, 2026. Users can continue to monitor the situation through the resources listed above, including Microsoft’s network health status page and Downdetector. IsTheServiceDown also provides an outage map and user reports.