Identified - We are tracking reports of "Forbidden" errors during Office 365 backups caused by a recent Microsoft Exchange Online behavior change. This affects specific tenants and mailboxes using EWS.
Exchange Online jobs may show User Mailboxes reporting a Mailbox Status of: Throttling from Exchange, Failed to process mailbox due to [The request failed. Forbidden]
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May 02, 2026 - 08:02 UTC
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 28, 21:30 UTC
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 28, 20:00 UTC
Scheduled -
We will be doing quick maintenance to ensure the best experience for our customers.We will be back shortly and operations that were in progress will immediately resume.
Apr 25, 08:02 UTC
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 21, 21:00 UTC
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 21, 20:00 UTC
Scheduled -
We will be doing quick maintenance to ensure the best experience for our customers.We will be back shortly and operations that were in progress will immediately resume.
Apr 18, 08:02 UTC
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Apr 21, 07:35 UTC
Monitoring -
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Apr 10, 01:38 UTC
Investigating -
We are currently experiencing degraded backup performance that may affect backup SLAs for some customers. Our engineering team is actively investigating the root cause and taking steps to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
Apr 9, 13:18 UTC