Microsoft 365 service health and Message Center

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Microsoft 365 service health and Message Center

How to track Microsoft 365 service incidents and upcoming changes — and how to keep your organisation informed.

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How do I know if Microsoft 365 is down?

The service health dashboard in the Microsoft 365 admin center shows incidents and advisories for your tenant; the public status page and the Microsoft 365 Status account on social media show major outages. Configure em…

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What is the difference between an incident and an advisory?

An incident is a service problem affecting users now, with updates until resolution and a post-incident report. An advisory is a limited or degraded scenario, an issue with a workaround, or a warning about something com…

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Who should read the Message Center?

Whoever owns each workload, weekly. The Message Center announces feature changes, retirements, and required actions with deadlines — from authentication changes to client retirements. Filtering by service and using the…

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