The Bar Method experienced a minor incident on October 29, 2025 affecting Microsoft 365, lasting 19h 15m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Oct 29, 2025, 08:25 PM UTC
What’s Happening: Microsoft has reported a service degradation affecting Microsoft 365 services and portals, which may cause issues accessing Microsoft apps and related portals. Impact: Users may have trouble signing in to Microsoft 365 apps or connected portals. Outlook Webmail may be slow or intermittently unavailable. What You Need to Do: No action is required. Access will automatically restore once Microsoft resolves the issue.
- resolved Oct 30, 2025, 03:41 PM UTC
Microsoft has confirmed that the earlier service degradation affecting Microsoft 365 services and portals has been resolved. All Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook Webmail are now fully operational.