Microsoft 365 Alert – Service Degradation – Microsoft 365 suite – Some users can’t authenticate to some Microsoft 365 services using voice Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – RESOLVED

Announcements Sourav Nandi

05/01/2024 09:10:00 AM

NHSMail Reference: INC40695405

Microsoft Reference: MO703948

Issue Status: RESOLVED

Issue Description: Some users can’t authenticate to some Microsoft 365 services using voice Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

More info: This event could potentially impact any user attempting to authenticate to some Microsoft 365 services using voice MFA. Some example services include but aren”t limited to Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint Online.

As a workaround, users can choose other authentication methods to complete MFA.

Final Update: 17/01/2024 08:54:00 AM – Microsoft confirmed that their third-party provider performed necessary recovery steps to resolve the underlying issue, and they have confirmed by monitoring internal telemetry that the impact is remediated.

Scope of impact: Your organization is impacted by this event, and some users can’t authenticate to some Microsoft 365 services using voice MFA.

Root cause: A third-party service provider is experiencing networking issues, resulting in impact to voice MFA users.

Next steps: Microsoft are continuously working with their third-party service providers to improve the quality of the services and to prevent similar impact from reoccurring.