Microsoft Groups is experiencing a service outage that has blocked entry and restricted options for some customers. 

The outage started Friday at round 11 a.m. Jap Time, with reviews of technical points spiking within the afternoon and peaking shortly earlier than 2 p.m. Greater than 14,500 service incidents had been reported by then, outage tracker DownDetector’s knowledge reveals. By 5:44 p.m., the variety of reviews fell to rather less than 1,100, in accordance with the tracker.

Microsoft didn’t instantly reply to CBS MoneyWatch’s request for remark. 

In line with DownDetector, 67% of the user-reported points concerned the Groups app, 25% are service connection-related issues and eight% are web site points. Customers complained they had been unable to make use of the service, citing messaging delays and issues with graphic shows. 

Though it was unclear what number of customers had been affected by the outages, Microsoft was deluged with complaints on social media. 

In an X put up on Friday, Microsoft 365 Standing, the corporate’s workplace account for service incidents, stated it recognized “a networking challenge impacting a portion of the Groups service” and that it has moved the affected processes to a backup system. 

The corporate added that it was making headway restoring Groups service in Europe and the Center East. Microsoft additionally stated it was working to guard its community in North and South America because it displays the outages, including that it was optimizing visitors patterns and making use of configuration modifications to cut back buyer affect as rapidly as attainable. 

—With reporting by the Related Press.