Microsoft outage affecting Exchange backups (RESOLVED)

Modified on Fri, 13 Nov at 2:48 PM

Status: Resolved

Posted: 13 November 2026, 08:04 (UTC)


Update: Service has been restored. Exchange backups are completing and scheduling has been re-enabled.


Microsoft is experiencing an M365 service incident that affects access to Exchange Online mailboxes. While the incident continues, Exchange backups will not run. 

Backups of OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Google Workspace do not appear to be affected. 

We are monitoring the situation.


Update history: 

  • 13 November 2026, 08:04 (UTC): Posted
  • 13 November 2026, 14:48 (UTC): Marked as Resolved


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