Status: Recovery in ProgressStart Time: November 12, 2026, at 11:00 AM CSTLast Updated: November 13, 2026, at 7:45 AM CST Affected Services: Microsoft Outlook (Web, Desktop, and Mobile), Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and Microsoft 365 applications. What is happening?Microsoft is experiencing a widespread global service disruption affecting access to Exchange Online mailboxes and related Microsoft 365 services. Users may experience delays, connection timeouts, or an inability to send, receive, or access emails and files. What is being done?Microsoft has identified the issue and is actively restoring service. Recovery is progressing, and some users may see email and services return this morning; however, restoration is gradual and intermittent issues may continue for some users while Microsoft completes the recovery and clears the delayed-email backlog. This is a vendor-side outage — our local IT team is monitoring Microsoft's status updates closely (incidents EX1550543 / MO1550821), and no action is required on your device at this time. Workarounds & Next Steps: Please avoid repeatedly restarting your computer or reinstalling Outlook, as this will not resolve the issue. If you have urgent communications, please use alternative methods such as phone calls or SMS text messages. We will update this notice as Microsoft's status changes, and will close it once Microsoft confirms full restoration. Thank you for your patience.
All Olivet IT services may be unavailable for periods of time during this maintenance window. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Help Desk at the Department of Information Technology. Thank you for your patience as we work to keep our systems secure and performing at their best.
