Microsoft 365 outage disrupts email for N.L. government and St. John's

An email outage tied to Microsoft 365 is affecting employees of the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government and the City of St. John's, disrupting communications on Thursday. The provincial government warned that services relying on email, including sending and receiving messages, may be impacted, with technical teams working to restore operations. The City of St. John's also reported delays in responses to incoming emails, noting Microsoft is actively addressing the issue. Microsoft confirmed it is investigating disruptions, particularly affecting Exchange Online mailboxes and Teams applications across the Americas, with users experiencing access problems through multiple connection methods.