The bigger they are, the harder they fall, a sentiment all too familiar to Microsoft 365 users this morning, as the popular business tool is experiencing an outage that his impacting its Teams and Exchange Online services.
Microsoft is pretty good about keeping its services intact. While Internet Explorer has indeed been discontinued after 27 long years, other services like Teams, Outlook, and others have been stalwarts of the productivity software landscape.
Unfortunately, everyone has bad days, as the tech giant is experiencing some serious outages this morning that are making it hard to get work done on its many platforms.
Microsoft 365 Outage Impacts Teams and Exchange Online
If you're having trouble jumping in a meeting with your colleagues this morning, you aren't alone, as Microsoft 365 is reportedly experiencing some issues that are negatively affecting the Teams and Exchange Online services. Other less popular services were almost impacted, including SharePoint Online, the Graph API, and Universal Print.
“We've determined multiple Microsoft 365 services are experiencing delays, connection and search issues and are investigating the cause of this,” read a tweet from Microsoft 365 Status.
As for exactly what kind of problems you can expect this morning from Microsoft 365, users are reportedly experiencing significant delays, log-in failures, and general problems logging in to their accounts.
Fortunately, the problems don't seem like they will stick around for long. Microsoft has been providing frequent updates — as they often do — and it appears that the majority of functionality has returned to a myriad of services. A few issues still exist, so check back with the Twitter account in question to get up-to-date information about the Microsoft 365 outage.
We’re continuing to see improvement in availability across the affected services, with some services reporting full recovery. More information can be found in the admin center under EX394347 and MO394389.
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) June 21, 2022
Is Microsoft Teams Good for Business?
Despite this brief interruption to service, Microsoft Teams and its umbrella platform Microsoft 365 are great for businesses looking to improve operations and increase productivity. It provides everything from video conferencing tools to team collaboration features that can make working remotely that much easier for your team.
To be fair, though, it's not the best web conferencing tool on the market. We've compared it to Google Meet and Zoom in that regard through some in-depth research and found that both platforms are bit better suited for businesses.
Still, Microsoft Teams is free, offers robust collaboration tools, and integrates perfectly with other Microsoft 365 services, which makes it nothing to scoff at as far as businesses are concerned. Microsoft Teams also gets frequent updates, so you know you're getting an up-to-date service when you log on. Take a look at how they compare on price and features in our table below:
| Price from The lowest starting price for a paid plan. The lowest price available for your business will depend on your needs. | User rating Average rating given by iOS and Android users in App Store and Google Play Store reviews | Best for | Pros | Cons | ||
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| RingCentral | Microsoft Teams | GoTo Meeting | Zoom | Webex | Zoho Meeting | Lifesize |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| Security | Microsoft 365 users | Sound and video quality | Beginners | Larger businesses | Value | Users that need hardware |
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