Microsoft confirms Teams slowdown due to new outage

Microsoft has confirmed that some of the Microsoft 365 services like Teams may be currently down again. The company confirmed this via its official Microsoft 365 Status X handle as it notes that Teams performance may be slow. The tech giant has informed that you can get status updates regarding the progress of the bug on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center portal with issue ID "TM1314397" so details regarding the outage will be shared there.

We"re investigating an issue affecting Microsoft Teams performance in the Asia-Pacific region and we"re applying a fix to restore normal service. More information can be found in the admin center under TM1314397.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) May 18, 2026

The official Microsoft 365 Service Health Status website has not registered an issue, yet. We will update the post once more details are available.


Update, May 19 2025, 3.30 GMT: Microsoft says it has resolved the issue. The following updates were provided:

We’re continuing work to optimize the affected services and adjusting throttling on dependent services to improve service stability and availability. More information can be found in the admin center under TM1314397.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) May 18, 2026

We’ve seen significant recovery across most scenarios following our mitigation actions, however, we’re continuing to apply mitigation actions to improve the Teams functionality that remains degraded. More information can be found in the admin center under TM1314397.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) May 18, 2026

We’ve confirmed service recovery at expected levels across all impacted scenarios and we"re continuing to monitor to ensure service stability. Further information can be found in the admin center under TM1314397.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) May 18, 2026

Microsoft 365 status page still did not register an issue.

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