# Exchange Online incident causes email and authentication failures

_Monday, August 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM EDT · Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online incident causing authentication errors, email delays and failures, mailbox-search problems, and administrative access issues, according to BleepingComputer. Microsoft acknowledged the incident at 5:30 p.m. UTC after reports from users and said it had isolated a common failure pattern associated with authentication and protocol connectivity. The company is analyzing telemetry and assessing the scope of impact.

## Sources

- [BleepingComputer](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-causes-email-failures-auth-issues/)

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