Microsoft 365 MFA Meltdown: Another Day, Another Outage!

Microsoft’s Multi-Factor Authentication outage is turning productivity into a guessing game, blocking access to Microsoft 365 Office apps. Affected users might find it easier to crack a safe than log in. Microsoft is rerouting traffic to healthier infrastructure, but until then, keep your fingers crossed and your passwords handy!

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Hot Take:

Looks like Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication is having a mid-life crisis and decided to take a break from functioning. Maybe it needs a vacation, though preferably not during working hours!

Key Points:

  • Microsoft’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is experiencing an outage affecting Microsoft 365 Office apps.
  • MFA registration and reset processes are also impacted, leaving some users locked out.
  • Microsoft is redirecting traffic to healthy infrastructure while investigating the issue.
  • Another issue is causing Microsoft 365 apps to crash on Windows Server 2016 devices.
  • This is not the first time Microsoft 365 services have faced outages; there was a major one in November affecting multiple services.

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