Microsoft is investigating a potential licensing issue blocking access to Microsoft 365 services for some customers with Family subscriptions.After a massive wave of [user reports](https://www.reddit.com/r/Office365/comments/1jvuzr7/m365_family_shared_users_are_losing_access_with_a/?sort=confidence) on [social media](https://x.com/search?q=Microsoft%20365%20Family&src=typed_query&f=live) and the [company’s community website](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/valid-office-365-subscription-shown-as-expired/7a4c3966-46b0-4da1-8cea-ed6a6ec9d997?page=1), Microsoft confirmed that some customers could no longer access Microsoft 365 using subscriptions that have yet to expire.As customers affected by the licensing issues reported, those impacted are being warned that their subscription has expired and prompted to renew it even though it was already renewed in recent months and is still active.’I checked my family manager’s account and the subscription is active and shared, but I got booted from my Word app and there’s no subscription showing in my account page,’ one [said](https://www.reddit.com/r/Office365/comments/1jvuzr7/m365_family_shared_users_are_losing_access_with_a/mmdo0dw/).’I am still able to access my OneDrive files and to work on desktop installed apps of word and excel, the problem is mainly with outlook which has limited functionality now and tells me that I need to subscribe to Microsoft 365,’ another [added](http://i%20am%20still%20able%20to%20access%20my%20onedrive%20files%20and%20to%20work%20on%20desktop%20installed%20apps%20of%20word%20and%20excel,%20the%20problem%20is%20mainly%20with%20outlook%20which%20has%20limited%20functionality%20now%20and%20tells%20me%20that%20i%20need%20to%20subscribe%20to%20microsoft%20365./).  *Microsoft 365 expired license ([Michael Sugrue](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/profile/3133082e-18d9-4086-9a9a-fd5538ea62f5))*The company acknowledged these ongoing problems on its [official Service Status portal](https://portal.office.com/servicestatus), adding that it’s currently reviewing telemetry data and recent changes within the service to isolate the root cause of the issues.’We’re aware of an issue impacting Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions,’ Redmond [confirmed](https://x.com/msft365status/status/1910301786197438768) via its Microsoft 365 Status on Twitter.’Users with Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services. We’re reviewing service telemetry and recent changes within the service to isolate the source of the issue,’ it added on the service health page.On Wednesday, Microsoft [addressed another outage](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-global-exchange-admin-center-outage/), blocking admins worldwide from accessing the Exchange Admin Center (EAC).Last month, it also mitigated two Exchange Online incidents, which prevented Outlook on the web users from [accessing their mailboxes](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-affects-outlook-web-users/) and caused delays and failures [when sending or receiving email messages](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/week-long-exchange-online-outage-causes-email-failures-delays/).*Update April 10, 13:13 EDT:* Microsoft has reverted a recent change causing these licensing issues and advises affected users to restart apps and browsers.’We’re continuing to revert the change to fully restore functionality and some users have reported remediation,’ [the company says](https://x.com/MSFT365Status/status/1910380606011167022). ‘For users still experiencing impact, we recommend that you refresh the browser or restart the application to update client-side caching and provide relief sooner.’  [Top 10 MITRE ATT-&CK^©^ Techniques Behind 93% of Attacks](https://hubs.li/Q039Tm490)————————————————————————————-Based on an analysis of 14M malicious actions, discover the top 10 MITRE ATT-&CK techniques behind 93% of attacks and how to defend against them.[Read the Red Report 2025](https://hubs.li/Q039Tm490) ### Related Articles:[Microsoft Exchange Online outage affects Outlook web users](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-affects-outlook-web-users/)[Week-long Exchange Online outage causes email failures, delays](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/week-long-exchange-online-outage-causes-email-failures-delays/)[Microsoft investigates global Exchange Admin Center outage](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-global-exchange-admin-center-outage/)[Microsoft: New Windows scheduled task will launch Office apps faster](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-new-windows-scheduled-task-will-launch-office-apps-faster/)[Microsoft: Exchange Online bug mistakenly quarantines user emails](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-bug-mistakenly-quarantines-user-emails/)
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