Method IT incident

Exchange Online - Users may encounter delays when sending or receiving email messages

Resolved after 3 days 16 hours, affecting Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 (Microsoft 365 — Microsoft Exchange Online), on March 10, 2025.

resolved Mar 14, 2025, 08:08 AM UTC

Microsoft have confirmed that the fix has now rolled out to all instances and the issue has been resolved.

Started
Mar 10, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 14, 2025, 08:08 AM UTC
Duration
3d 16h
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 10, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC

Affected components

Microsoft 365Microsoft 365 (Microsoft 365 — Microsoft Exchange Online)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 10, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC

    Microsoft have advised that some users may encounter delays when sending or receiving email messages. They are investigating a potential issue with their infrastructure and will update shortly on findings.

  2. identified Mar 10, 2025, 05:02 PM UTC

    Microsoft have identified the issue causing delays to sending and receiving emails and are currently working on a plan to resolve the issue.

  3. monitoring Mar 11, 2025, 04:13 PM UTC

    Microsoft have deployed a fix which is now being pushed out to production. Microsoft are confident that this will resolve the issue, and will update on when they believe this issue is fully resolved.

  4. monitoring Mar 12, 2025, 09:42 AM UTC

    Microsoft have advised that the fix deployment encountered an issue that is resulting in some delays in reaching out to all tenants. They are working on getting the fix deployment accelerated out this morning.

  5. resolved Mar 14, 2025, 08:08 AM UTC

    Microsoft have confirmed that the fix has now rolled out to all instances and the issue has been resolved.

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