Microsoft 365 Outage Hits North America as CDN Misconfiguration Disrupts Multiple Services

**Microsoft 365 outage (North America, Mar 6, 2026)** — Microsoft is investigating a service disruption that began on March 6, 2026, affecting multiple Microsoft 365 services (notably the Admin Center) in North America; engineers believe a CDN configuration issue is the likely cause and the incident remains under active investigation. Organizations are advised to monitor the Microsoft 365 Service Health Dashboard, maintain backup administrative access procedures, and review CDN dependencies (including retiring legacy SharePoint CDN references).