Microsoft Search Outage Fixed After Recent Deployment Issues

Microsoft has confirmed an outage affecting search functionality in its Microsoft 365 apps. The issue is specific to users who are attempting to search for content in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Outlook on the web, or Outlook desktop.

The root cause of the problem was identified as a recent deployment that introduced resource utilization inefficiency issues, leading to the impact experienced by some users.

Microsoft has already developed and deployed a fix to reduce resource pressure and restore service for all affected Microsoft 365 users.