On March 1, 2023, at ~3:25 AM EST, Microsoft sent out a message on Twitter (@MSFT365status) that they were investigating an issue in which users in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) were unable to access Microsoft Exchange Online services and unable to access Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft provided service incident number MO521925 for system admins to refence in the Microsoft Admin Center.
Approximately 2 hours after their first message, Microsoft tweeted a second and final message announcing that the issue had been mitigated. Microsoft identified a "connectivity issue" in the Asia Pacific region as to the cause for this service incident and, at least on their Twitter account, provided no further details as to the cause nor the precise remediation steps taken.
Responses on Twitter from the community were few and gave no indication that the service incident extended beyond the APAC region.
And although there were no additional tweets from Microsoft as to this service incident MO521925, it was only several hours later the very same day that Microsoft sent out a new communication via @MSFT365status indicating yet another service incident was unfolding, one that involved user access (globally) for Exchange Online mailboxes.
The Importance of Teams Monitoring
In a cloud-world, outages are bound to happen. While Microsoft is responsible for restoring service during outages, IT needs to take ownership of their environment and user experience. It is crucial to have greater visibility into business impacts during a service outage the moment it happens.
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