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DARREN FOREMAN 0 Reputation points
2026-11-13T04:22:27.2133333+00:00

When will mail be online. This is not a good thing when it comes to patient safety

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  1. Dora-T 2,175 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-11-13T04:31:04.4733333+00:00

    Hi @DARREN FOREMAN

    I understand how concerning this situation must be.

    According to Microsoft's latest update, some regions are experiencing partial service recovery following traffic management adjustments. However, the recovery has not yet been sustained, and Microsoft is continuing to assess additional measures to improve overall infrastructure stability. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not yet provided an estimated timeline for full service restoration.

    • If you have Microsoft 365 administrator privileges, please sign in to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center using this link to view the details of this issue.
    • If you are an end user: you can check the Microsoft 365 Service Status for the latest service availability updates.

    Please kindly note that this is a user-to-user support forum, and I’m an end user just like you, not a member of the product team. As such, I’m unable to directly influence or expedite the resolution, nor can I provide a confirmed timeline for when the issue will be fully resolved and all services will return to normal. However, please rest assured that the relevant teams are working hard to resolve this issue as soon as possible. 

    Hopefully, Microsoft will restore the affected services soon. Thank you for your patience while Microsoft works to resolve the issue.

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    2026-11-13T04:23:30.2066667+00:00

    No reliable restoration time is publicly available; your Microsoft 365 administrator should check the tenant’s Exchange Online incident under Health > Service health for Microsoft’s latest update and any estimated recovery information.

    Check the current incident update

    1. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center with an administrator account.
    2. Select Health > Service health.
    3. Under Active issues Microsoft is working on, open the Exchange Online or Outlook incident.
    4. Review Status, User impact, Last updated, All updates, and the next scheduled update if one is provided. A scheduled update time is not necessarily the restoration time. ^1^
    5. If the admin center is inaccessible, use Microsoft’s public service-status page. ^2^

    If you are not an administrator, contact your organization’s Microsoft 365 administrator or IT service desk and ask them to provide the tenant-specific incident ID, current status, and next update.

    When the same Exchange Online incident is already listed for your tenant, another support request is generally unnecessary because Microsoft is already working on it. Access should recover as service is restored, although delayed message delivery may persist during recovery. Microsoft advises monitoring Service health for progress when Exchange Online is degraded. ^3^

    Patient-safety continuity

    Do not depend on email for time-critical patient communication during the outage. Activate your organization’s approved clinical downtime and escalation procedures now—for example, its designated emergency communication channel—and notify the clinical safety lead or incident commander. Do not move protected patient information to unapproved personal email, messaging, or storage services.

    Escalate if your impact differs

    If Service health shows no matching incident, or your organization’s impact is more extensive than the advisory describes:

    1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, select Help & support.
    2. Describe the affected users, inability to send/receive or access mailboxes, start time, and patient-safety/business impact.
    3. If suggested results do not help, select Contact Support and choose phone or email.

    This process requires a Microsoft 365 business administrator. If the subscription was purchased through a partner, contact that partner for support. ^4^

    References

    1. How to check Microsoft 365 service health
    2. Microsoft service health status
    3. Find and fix email delivery issues as a Microsoft 365 for business admin
    4. Get support for Microsoft 365 for business
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