How long does it take to create a site collection?

[Pieter Veenstra]

I'm quite sure I used to get messages in the admin centre while creating Site Collections:

"This could take up to 15 minutes ...."

Recently we noticed that this is now 24 hours.

Has anyone else noticed that the creation of site collections in Office 365 takes sometimes 24 hours?

[#2]

I have noticed this for me as well , i havent timed the site creation but it has definitley been longer than 15 minutes

[#3]

It's not just that it takes longer than 15 minutes, but even the warning now says 24 hours.

[#4]

cc @Vesa Juvonen