Service issues › EX1256744
Admins may be unable to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online
- Started
- 20 Mar 2026 06:10 UTC
- Resolved
- 20 Mar 2026 16:39 UTC
- Status
- serviceRestored
- Origin
- microsoft
Timeline & resolution
20 Mar 2026 18:01 UTC · regular
Title: Admins may be unable to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online
User impact: Admins may have been unable to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online.
More info: When admins attempted to create a shared mailbox, they may have received an error that stated, "Cannot convert a primitive value to the expected type 'Edm.Int64'."
Final status: We've identified that a recent service change meant to fix an issue with the communication between Microsoft Entra and Exchange Online caused impact. We've reversed the change and confirmed through service health telemetry and internal testing that the impact is remediated.
Scope of impact: Any admin that attempted to create a shared mailbox in Exchange Online may have been impacted.
Start time: Friday, March 20, 2026, at 6:10 AM UTC
End time: Friday, March 20, 2026, at 4:39 PM UTC
Root cause: A recent service change meant to fix an issue with the communication between Microsoft Entra and Exchange Online caused impact.
Next steps:
- While we investigate the reason our service change caused the impact, we're reviewing our service change testing and validation procedures to identify and prevent similar issues in fixes moving forward.
This is the final update for the event.
20 Mar 2026 16:27 UTC · regular
Title: Admins may be unable to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online
User impact: Admins may be unable to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online.
More info: When admins attempt to create a shared mailbox, they may receive an error that states, "Cannot convert a primitive value to the expected type 'Edm.Int64'."
Current status: We've isolated a recent service change that we believe may be causing impact and we're continuing to review this change to verify our theory.
Scope of impact: Any admin attempting to create a shared mailbox in Exchange Online may be impacted.
Next update by: Friday, March 20, 2026, at 6:30 PM UTC
20 Mar 2026 13:26 UTC · regular
Title: Some users experience errors when attempting to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online
User impact: Users experience errors when attempting to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online.
Current status: We're analyzing HTTP Archive format (HAR) logs to identify the underlying root cause and a mitigation plan.
Scope of impact: Your organization is affected by this event, and some users attempting to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online may be impacted.
Next update by: Friday, March 20, 2025, at 5:30 PM UTC
20 Mar 2026 11:23 UTC · regular
Title: Some users experience errors when attempting to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online
User impact: Users experience errors when attempting to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online.
As a workaround users are able to create a user mailbox and convert it to a shared mailbox.
Current status: We're analyzing support provided information to determine our next troubleshooting steps.
Scope of impact: Your organization is affected by this event, and some users attempting to create shared mailboxes in Exchange Online may be impacted.
Next update by: Friday, March 20, 2025, at 1:30 PM UTC
Source: Microsoft 365 service health.