Service issues › MV1307742
Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service
- Started
- 11 May 2026 19:49 UTC
- Resolved
- 11 May 2026 23:05 UTC
- Status
- serviceRestored
- Origin
- microsoft
Timeline & resolution
11 May 2026 23:07 UTC · regular
Title: Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service
User impact: Users may have not received any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service.
More info: This may have impacted the following email messages from the Viva Engage service, although impact is not limited to:
- Leadership announcements
- Post, reply, or at-mention email notifications
- Daily or weekly digests
Final status: We've confirmed that an internal component responsible for facilitating the mail flow was operating at a suboptimal state. We've developed and deployed a fix to alleviate impact. After a period of monitoring the service health telemetry, we've confirmed impact has ceased.
Scope of impact: Any user located in Europe that's the recipient of an email notification or message from the Viva Engage service may be impacted.
Start time: Monday, May 11, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC
End time: Monday, May 11, 2026, at 9:58 PM UTC
Root cause: An internal component responsible for facilitating the mail flow in Europe for the Viva Engage service was operating in a suboptimal state.
Next steps: We're reviewing why an internal component responsible for facilitating the mail flow was operating in a suboptimal state to assist us in preventing similar future impact.
This is the final update for the event.
11 May 2026 21:23 UTC · regular
Title: Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service
User impact: Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service.
More info: This may impact the following email messages from the Viva Engage service, although impact is not limited to:
- Leadership announcements
- Post, reply, or at-mention email notifications
- Daily or weekly digests
Current status: We've narrowed down the email delivery failures to an internal component responsible for facilitating the mail flow in Europe for the Viva Engage service that's operating in a suboptimal state.
Scope of impact: Any user located in Europe that's the recipient of an email notification or message from the Viva Engage service may be impacted.
Start time: Monday, May 11, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC
Next steps: An internal component responsible for facilitating the mail flow in Europe for the Viva Engage service is operating in a suboptimal state.
Next update by: Monday, May 11, 2026, at 11:30 PM UTC
11 May 2026 20:07 UTC · regular
Title: Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service
User impact: Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service.
More info: This may impact the following email messages from the Viva Engage service, although impact is not limited to:
- Leadership announcements
- Post, reply, or at-mention email notifications
- Daily or weekly digests
Current status: We've identified an increase in failures occurring when email messages are being sent to end users from the Viva Engage service. We're investigating the failures to identify their source.
Scope of impact: Any user located in Europe that's the recipient of an email notification or message from the Viva Engage service is impacted.
Start time: Monday, May 11, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC
Next update by: Monday, May 11, 2026, at 9:30 PM UTC
11 May 2026 19:59 UTC · regular
Title: Users may not receive any email notifications messages from the Viva Engage service
User impact: Users may not receive any email notifications or messages from the Viva Engage service.
More info: This may impact the following email messages from the Viva Engage service, although impact is not limited to:
- Leadership announcements
- Post, reply, or at-mention email notifications
- Daily or weekly digests
Current status: We're investigating a potential issue with Viva Engage and checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes.
Source: Microsoft 365 service health.