On March 2, 2022, at ~05:32 pm UTC, Microsoft communicated via tweet (@MSFT365status) that they were investigating a service incident involving SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business (and possibly other services). Microsoft also clarified that the service incident was contained to customers in New Zealand.
For system admins and IT pros with Microsoft Admin Center access, Microsoft provided the following incident #: MO337921.
Approximately 20 minutes after their initial tweet, Microsoft communicated a second message, expanding the impacted geo region to also include Australia, and possibly other regions.
Microsoft then stated that the service incident may not be specific to any particular region (which is another way of saying the service incident was global). Microsoft was at this time implementing mitigation efforts.
At approximately 06:53 pm UTC, some 90 minutes after their initial tweet, Microsoft communicated that they had completed updates on their end, as to remediation efforts, and user reports and internal monitoring were showing restored access for users.
There have been no further messages from @MSFT365status as to this incident.
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