Microsoft is pretty good about keeping its services intact. While Internet Explorer has indeed been discontinued after 27 long years, other services like Teams, Outlook, and others have been stalwarts of the productivity software landscape. Unfortunately, everyone has bad days, as the tech giant is experiencing some serious outages this morning that are making it hard to get work done on its many platforms. As for exactly what kind of problems you can expect this morning from Microsoft 365, users are reportedly experiencing significant delays, log-in failures, and general problems logging in to their accounts. Fortunately, the problems don’t seem like they will stick around for long. Microsoft has been providing frequent updates — as they often do — and it appears that the majority of functionality has returned to a myriad of services. A few issues still exist, so check back with the Twitter account in question to get up-to-date information about the Microsoft 365 outage.
To be fair, though, it’s not the best web conferencing tool on the market. We’ve compared it to Google Meet and Zoom in that regard through some in-depth research and found that both platforms are bit better suited for businesses. Still, Microsoft Teams is free, offers robust collaboration tools, and integrates perfectly with other Microsoft 365 services, which makes it nothing to scoff at as far as businesses are concerned. Microsoft Teams also gets frequent updates, so you know you’re getting an up-to-date service when you log on. Take a look at how they compare on price and features in our table below:
