One percent of Google Chrome users may experience degraded functionality when accessing Microsoft 365 services

Title: One percent of Google Chrome users may experience degraded functionality when accessing Microsoft 365 services

User impact: Users may experience degraded functionality when accessing Microsoft 365 services via Google Chrome.

More info: While this may not be a viable solution for your organization, users can leverage Microsoft 365 desktop apps to work around the issue while we develop mitigations.

At this time, we’ve confirmed the following Microsoft 365 impact scenarios when accessing via the Google Chrome web browser:

Microsoft 365 for the web
– Unable to pin/unpin apps from the app launcher
– Unable to change theme/dark mode settings
– Unable to switch to a saved account in the suite header
– Unable to see profile photo in the suite header

SharePoint Online
– Unable to create sites from SharePoint or the admin center
– Unable to access Viva Engage or connector webparts

Outlook on the web
– Unable to access the Viva Engage app

Viva Engage
– Unable to access Viva Engage Embed content

Microsoft Teams
– Unable to access OneDrive from the app tray
– Unable to access the Files and Pages tabs within a Teams channel
– Unable to access Viva connections
Further information can be found in the Message center under MC697433 specifically pertaining to Microsoft Teams impact scenarios and potential workarounds.

Additional details and workaround options have been provided by Google Chrome at the following links:
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7679408?sjid=15085132312051031054-NA#chromeBrsrB120
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Callow-third-party-cookies-temporarily-for-a-specific-site

Current status: We’ve confirmed with Google Chrome that enterprise users are not expected to be among the one percent affected, however, as it may be possible, we’ll continue to provide guidance until the potential impact scenarios have been addressed. Further, we’ve updated the “More info” section of this communication with additional workaround options provided by Google Chrome.

We’re continuing to develop and deploy changes on the Microsoft-side to address the listed impacted scenarios.

Scope of impact: Currently one percent of Google Chrome users may experience impact.

Start time: Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 12:00 AM UTC

Root cause: A recent third-party network change is preventing some Microsoft 365 features to function as expected when accessed via a specific web browser.

Next update by: Friday, January 19, 2024, at 3:00 AM UTC