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jyingling
Sep 02, 2020Copper Contributor
"We are preparing a mailbox for this user"
Hello, Is anyone else experiencing "We are preparing a mailbox for this user" for a newly created account in the admin center of office 365? We are experiencing this behavior for both in-cloud ac...
HidMov
Sep 03, 2020Iron Contributor
Hi jyingling
I've definitely noticed that provisioning a mailbox tends to take much longer than it did previously; 24 hours does seem excessive though. I'd try to follow up on the support ticket you had, or if you are with a partner see if they can put some leverage on getting this looked into quicker.
jyingling
Sep 03, 2020Copper Contributor
Thanks for your reply. Finally, this morning my three mailboxes were provisioned. After creating accounts this morning, mailboxes are provisioned between 5-15 minutes. I'm guessing this was a problem on microsoft's end. Never did hear back from support.
Thanks again.