Has Teams really gone down nationally?

[notevenat20]

Just received a call from the school saying that Teams was failing and "We believe that this problem may have been caused through schools all over the country accessing Teams at the same time. We understand that Microsoft are working to increase the capacity for Teams so that this problem is solved."

Is this really true?

My work teams is working.

Working here.

Yes, down here (Midlands) and it is a National thing, but perhaps patchy.

So surprising...

Why would your school go to all the effort of ringing round parents if it wasn't true?

2 kids on teams all morning so far, no issues.

But then, I am only sending out to small groups. Maybe your school is trying to send to much larger groups?

Working here for DD - London.

Working here

DS had a google meet class this morning and couldn't access it, it seems there was similar problems.

DS had a google meet class this morning and couldn't access it, it seems there was similar problems.

That must be a separate issue as Google doesn't run Teams.

I'm on it right now in the Midlands. Have been all morning and it's been fine.

Mine has been failing to send messages

Working here in the mids - could you use through browser rather than on the app?

A 'national issue' doesn't mean it's exactly the same for everyone everywhere - it can be regional/patchy/inconsistent as a wider issue even if some people are OK on it. If they've got tech issues with Teams, it's unlikely they're just saying that as an excuse.

If you're using the app sometimes the browser version works better. Also some old version of Internet Explorer can't cope, you're better off with Edge or similar.

Not teams, but my internet is rubbish today, live near 2 large secondaries (1 private) so imagine we have lots of secondary school children hammering our local networks

Could be your part of a multi academy group with teeny servers and limited investment....

Just uploaded a load of files - 100’s and I’m teaching live. All is well in the north west!

My husband has had a very unstable connection on teams yesterday and today. Not gone down but connection dipping in and put

Teams can be rubbish at the best of times. So no surprise it is especially rubbish today

Our is fine. All 3 dc have managed to have 3 separate classes this morning. It was slow and freezing at points but didn’t go down at all

I don't think school would make up the unreal issue just to get away from doing their work. They would be getting hard time from parents, I would imagine.

It’s working for DS but he isn’t receiving messages on the chat and when he put his hand up, it didn’t work.

@HavelockVetinari

If you're using the app sometimes the browser version works better. Also some old version of Internet Explorer can't cope, you're better off with Edge or similar.

maybe, but i can't do video calls on the browser, and my kids are using it for live lessons, so browser wouldn't work.

Mine was down earlier, around 11.30 for about 30 mins.