Thousands of Microsoft 365 users were reporting outages on Jan. 22. Here's the latest.

Outage trackers like Downdetector showed thousands of reports, with spikes in Outlook and broader Microsoft 365 complaints. This marks the second consecutive day of notable issues for Microsoft's cloud productivity suite in 2026. Microsoft Service Health Status also points out that Microsoft 365 is experiencing service degradation:

In this post, we will learn what is Passive Mode and how to enable Defender for Endpoint in Passive mode (EDR in Block Mode) using Microsoft Defender security portal.

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