Exchange Online outage causes email delays, 'Server busy' errors
Microsoft working to resolve Exchange Online outage causing email delays and 'Server busy' errors. Incident first acknowledged at 02:19 AM EDT, impacting users attempting to send and receive email from external domains.
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Microsoft is addressing an ongoing Exchange Online outage that has caused email delays and 'Server busy' errors, impacting users attempting to send and receive emails from external domains.
Microsoft is having trouble with their Exchange Online service, which is causing emails to take longer to send and receive, and users are getting messages saying the server is busy.
Analysis
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Key points
- Microsoft is addressing an ongoing Exchange Online outage causing email delays and 'Server busy' errors.
- The incident has impacted users attempting to send and receive emails from external domains.
- Microsoft is investigating the root cause and will provide further details later today.
- This is not the first time Microsoft has addressed similar issues with Exchange Online.
- The company has not disclosed which regions are impacted or how many users are affected.
Microsoft is working to fix the issue and is investigating the root cause. Once resolved, users should be able to send and receive emails without any delays or server busy errors.
If the investigation does not find the root cause soon, users may continue to experience delays and server busy errors, causing inconvenience and disruptions in their daily operations.
