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Site put into read only mode due to maintenance
There are many people raised this issue, https://downdetector.com/status/sharepoint
it seems Microsoft is rolling-out some fix, feature. But couldn't see anything in the Message Center.
Shijuraj Any idea why they would do this in the middle of the work day? People will start leaving soon to go on vacation and they cannot save any of their files.
zsmith in my tenant I don't have such issue, this is from the support session, so please have a look at your message centre. else raise an issue with support.
Users may receive a Read-Only for Maintenance message when attempting to use SharePoint or OneDrive.
Check if there is active maintenance occurring on your tenant by navigating to the https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home#/MessageCenter. Finally, ensure you visit thehttps://portal.office.com/adminportal/home#/servicehealth page to check for any advisories/incidents that may be occurring.
If neither the Message Center or Service Health Dashboard have noted anything about current maintenance for your tenant, this may be a browser caching issue.
Please attempt to clear the browser cache before navigating to the site.
In the Microsoft Edge browser, go to More Settings
Under Clear browsing, select Choose what to clear.
Select the Cookies and saved website data check box and select Clear.
- Strange you are having this...My team is in the middle of a big migration from SP 2010 to SPO for a customer and we are not seeing this issue
