Microsoft Teams Is Down Since Morning, Thousands Of Users Can't Open The Application

Microsoft Teams crashes on Thursday, July 21 (photo: Microsoft)

JAKARTA - Thousands of users have complained about an interruption in Microsoft Teams since Thursday morning today, July 21. They said they couldn't access or open the Microsoft Teams app and couldn't take advantage of any of the features in it.

Microsoft Teams is an online collaboration platform that allows users to chat, hold meetings, and share notes and attachments. Microsoft Teams is part of Office 365.

Microsoft quickly took to Twitter to respond to the issue. However, the company did not disclose how many users were affected.

We've received reports of users being unable to access Microsoft Teams or leverage any features. We're investigating the issue and further updates can be found in your Service Health Dashboard via TM402718.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) July 21, 2022

According to VOI's monitoring via the Downdetector website, this problem report in Microsoft Teams started in the morning at 08.19 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB), and then peaked at 09.04 a.m. WIB with 769 reports, and there were around 4.500 users affected.

According to Downdetector data, problems with Microsoft Teams occur globally, but most reports come from users in Singapore and Indonesia.

The hashtag Microsoft Down had become a trending topic on Twitter. Microsoft took to Twitter to say that the crash was due to a recent deployment of a broken connection to the internal storage service. But to go further, the tech giant said they are working on a fix for the problem.

Microsoft Teams is indeed a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines the features of work conversations, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. Microsoft Temas is widely used by workers and students, so don't be surprised if its downturn has a big impact on users.