By Sergiu Gatlan
Publication Date: 2026-02-17 15:37:00
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing outage affecting Microsoft Teams users, causing delays and preventing some from accessing the service.
According to user reports on the outage-tracking platform DownDetector, this ongoing incident is causing problems when joining meetings with the Teams desktop client, accessing the Teams app, and signing in.
“Users may experience delays and failures when sending and receiving chat messages that include inline media (images, code snippets, videos),” Microsoft said in an incident report tracked under TM1233974.
“Impact is specific to some users located in Europe and United States who are served through the affected infrastructure attempting to send and receive chat messages that include inline media (images, code snippets, videos).”
While Microsoft has not disclosed how many users are affected, this ongoing issue is tagged as causing “service degradation” and has been flagged as an incident, a term that is commonly…
