Users may intermittently be unable to join meetings or access Microsoft Teams Free for Windows

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Event Actions

Stato MSFT365

Start: Mar 18, 2026 at 18:39 (UTC+01:00)

In Progress

User impact: Users may intermittently be unable to join meetings or access Teams Free for Windows.

More info: Users may see the following banner: "We couldn't authenticate you, This could be due to a device or network problem, or Teams could be experiencing a Technical issue."

This impacts Windows' versions 25H2: 26200.8037, 24H2: 26100.8037, 23H2: 22631.6783, 22H2: 19045.7058, and users can restart their computer to circumvent impact.

Current status: We're investigating a potential issue with Teams Free and checking into impact to users. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes.

No updates posted yet for this event.