Microsoft 365 Alert : Service Degradation – SharePoint Online – Some admins may be unable to access the classic SharePoint admin center ID – RESOLVED

22/03/2022 12:32:00 PM (GMT)

Issue Reported : 21/03/2022  7:39:00 AM UTC

NHSmail Reference : INC27707228

Microsoft Reference : SP345674

Issue Status: RESTORED

Issue Description: Some admins may be unable to access the classic SharePoint admin center

Scope of Impact : This issue affected some admins accessing the SharePoint Online admin center through the classic experience

Final Update: 25/03/2022 02:18:00 PM – The deployment has completed, and Microsoft confirmed via monitoring that impact has been remediated.

Root cause : A recent service maintenance task implemented an update, which is causing admin access requests to fail.

Next steps : Microsoft are reviewing our standard service update procedures to avoid similar impact in the future.

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