{"id":3106,"date":"2026-08-18T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/itstatus\/?p=3106"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:54:18","slug":"service-degradation-of-microsoft-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/itstatus\/service-degradation-of-microsoft-365\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Degradation of Microsoft 365"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Status Update &#8211; August 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM: <\/strong>Microsoft has provided the following update regarding the issue:<br><br><em>Our investigation identified that a recent deployment introduced a resource utilization inefficiency issue, leading to impact. We&#8217;ve developed and are deploying a fix to reduce the resource pressure and restore service. 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