Microsoft takes responsibility for a bug in SharePoint that prevents files from being opened. A mistake by Microsoft is the cause and it is far from the first time.
SharePoint users are seeing an error message when they try to open sites or pages. ‘Sorry, something went wrong: the thread was aborted’, the message reads. Microsoft acknowledges the problem and honestly blames itself.
According to Microsoft, a misconfiguration caused the issue. The change affects how servers deliver the code used to render SharePoint pages, resulting in error messages. Microsoft promises to share a detailed incident analysis in the coming days.
At least the problem is being resolved quickly. Within the Microsoft ecosystem, SharePoint serves to share sites and files within the organization. While OneDrive serves more as your personal cloud storage—though the tool also includes sharing features—SharePoint is the shared storage environment within Microsoft 365. A SharePoint outage can therefore hinder access to files.
A regular occurrence
Microsoft and update misery: unfortunately, it is an ever-recurring phenomenon. With every Windows update, PC and server users hold their breath to see what will break next, but cloud services also go dark occasionally. Two weeks ago, there was a major Outlook outage, and a month ago, an update for Exchange Server had to be postponed because it wasfull of bugs.