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MC1091448 - Microsoft 365 admin center: Email notifications for service health issues available in multiple languages

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Updated September 4,17, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Based on your feedback, we are excited to announce that Microsoft 365 service health email notifications for Issues in your organization that require action will soon be available by default in your preferred language.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by late Septemberearly October 2025 (previously late August)September). 

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout, service health email notifications for Issues in your organization that require action were only sent in English. With this update, admins will receive alerts in their preferred language, making it easier to understand and act on service health issues that affect your organization. This change improves accessibility and ensures critical service health information is actionable for all admins, regardless of their language preference.

After this rollout, if you’ve already subscribed to service health notification alerts for Issues in your environment that require action, you will start receiving these email notifications in the language set in your Microsoft 365 admin center preferences. We will support these 72 languages for email translation:

  1. af-za: Afrikaans (South Africa)
  2. am-et: Amharic (Ethiopia)
  3. ar-sa: Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
  4. as-in: Assamese (India)
  5. az-latn-az Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)
  6. bg-bg: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
  7. bn-in: Bengali (India)
  8. bs-latn-ba Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  9. ca-es: Catalan (Spain)
  10. ca-es-valencia Valencian (Spain)
  11. cs-cz: Czech (Czechia)
  12. da-dk: Danish (Denmark)
  13. de-de: German (Germany)
  14. el-gr: Greek (Greece)
  15. es-es: Spanish (Spain)
  16. et-ee: Estonian (Estonia)
  17. eu-es: Basque (Spain)
  18. fa-ir: Persian (Iran)
  19. fi-fi: Finnish (Finland)
  20. fil-ph: Filipino (Philippines)
  21. fr-fr: French (France)
  22. ga-ie: Irish (Ireland)
  23. gl-es: Galician (Spain)
  24. gu-in: Gujarati (India)
  25. he-il: Hebrew (Israel)
  26. hi-in: Hindi (India)
  27. hr-hr: Croatian (Croatia)
  28. hu-hu: Hungarian (Hungary)
  29. id-id: Indonesian (Indonesia)
  30. is-is: Icelandic (Iceland)
  31. it-it: Italian (Italy)
  32. ja-jp: Japanese (Japan)
  33. ka-ge: Georgian (Georgia)
  34. kk-kz: Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
  35. km-kh: Khmer (Cambodia)
  36. kn-in: Kannada (India)
  37. ko-kr: Korean (Korea)
  38. lo-la: Lao (Laos)
  39. lt-lt: Lithuanian (Lithuania)
  40. lv-lv: Latvian (Latvia)
  41. mi-nz: Maori (New Zealand)
  42. mk-mk: Macedonian (North Macedonia)
  43. ml-in: Malayalam (India)
  44. mr-in: Marathi (India)
  45. mt-mt: Maltese (Malta)
  46. nb-no: Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)
  47. ne-np: Nepali (Nepal)
  48. nl-nl: Dutch (Netherlands)
  49. or-in: Odia (India)
  50. pa-in: Punjabi (India)
  51. pl-pl: Polish (Poland)
  52. pt-br: Portuguese (Brazil)
  53. pt-pt: Portuguese (Portugal)
  54. ro-ro: Romanian (Romania)
  55. ru-ru: Russian (Russia)
  56. sk-sk: Slovak (Slovakia)
  57. sl-si: Slovenian (Slovenia)
  58. sq-al: Albanian (Albania)
  59. sr-cyrl-rs: Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
  60. sr-latn-rs: Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
  61. sv-se: Swedish (Sweden)
  62. ta-in: Tamil (India)
  63. te-in: Telugu (India)
  64. th-th: Thai (Thailand)
  65. tr-tr: Turkish (Türkiye)
  66. tt-ru: Tatar (Russia)
  67. uk-ua: Ukrainian (Ukraine)
  68. ur-pk: Urdu (Pakistan)
  69. vi-vn: Vietnamese (Vietnam)
  70. zh-cn: Chinese (Simplified, China)
  71. zh-tw: Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan

To configure this feature:

  • Go to Microsoft 365 admin center > Service Health Dashboard > Customize tab > Email tab to subscribe to Issues in your environment that require action (and Issues with priority accounts notifications, available for certain licenses).
  • Keep the Translate emails to <preferred language> checkbox checked to start receiving these notifications in your preferred language. Note: This box will be checked by default.
  • You can opt out of translation at any time to go back to receiving emails in English.

admin controls> </p><p><b>Note:</b> Translation for Microsoft-side incident and advisory notifications is not yet available but is planned for a future release. </p><p>This change will be on by default. Translation for <i>Incident </i>and <i>Advisory </i>notifications (Microsoft-side issues) is not yet available but is planned for a future release.</p><p><b>What you need to do to prepare:</b></p><p>This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation.</p><p>Learn more: <a href=How to check Microsoft 365 service health - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout)

Snapshot from Sep 4, 2025

Updated September 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Based on your feedback, we are excited to announce that Microsoft 365 service health email notifications for Issues in your organization that require action will soon be available by default in your preferred language.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by late September 2025 (previously  late August). 

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout, service health email notifications for Issues in your organization that require action were only sent in English. With this update, admins will receive alerts in their preferred language, making it easier to understand and act on service health issues that affect your organization. This change improves accessibility and ensures critical service health information is actionable for all admins, regardless of their language preference.

After this rollout, if you’ve already subscribed to service health notification alerts for Issues in your environment that require action, you will start receiving these email notifications in the language set in your Microsoft 365 admin center preferences. We will support these 72 languages for email translation:

  1. af-za: Afrikaans (South Africa)
  2. am-et: Amharic (Ethiopia)
  3. ar-sa: Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
  4. as-in: Assamese (India)
  5. az-latn-az Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)
  6. bg-bg: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
  7. bn-in: Bengali (India)
  8. bs-latn-ba Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  9. ca-es: Catalan (Spain)
  10. ca-es-valencia Valencian (Spain)
  11. cs-cz: Czech (Czechia)
  12. da-dk: Danish (Denmark)
  13. de-de: German (Germany)
  14. el-gr: Greek (Greece)
  15. es-es: Spanish (Spain)
  16. et-ee: Estonian (Estonia)
  17. eu-es: Basque (Spain)
  18. fa-ir: Persian (Iran)
  19. fi-fi: Finnish (Finland)
  20. fil-ph: Filipino (Philippines)
  21. fr-fr: French (France)
  22. ga-ie: Irish (Ireland)
  23. gl-es: Galician (Spain)
  24. gu-in: Gujarati (India)
  25. he-il: Hebrew (Israel)
  26. hi-in: Hindi (India)
  27. hr-hr: Croatian (Croatia)
  28. hu-hu: Hungarian (Hungary)
  29. id-id: Indonesian (Indonesia)
  30. is-is: Icelandic (Iceland)
  31. it-it: Italian (Italy)
  32. ja-jp: Japanese (Japan)
  33. ka-ge: Georgian (Georgia)
  34. kk-kz: Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
  35. km-kh: Khmer (Cambodia)
  36. kn-in: Kannada (India)
  37. ko-kr: Korean (Korea)
  38. lo-la: Lao (Laos)
  39. lt-lt: Lithuanian (Lithuania)
  40. lv-lv: Latvian (Latvia)
  41. mi-nz: Maori (New Zealand)
  42. mk-mk: Macedonian (North Macedonia)
  43. ml-in: Malayalam (India)
  44. mr-in: Marathi (India)
  45. mt-mt: Maltese (Malta)
  46. nb-no: Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)
  47. ne-np: Nepali (Nepal)
  48. nl-nl: Dutch (Netherlands)
  49. or-in: Odia (India)
  50. pa-in: Punjabi (India)
  51. pl-pl: Polish (Poland)
  52. pt-br: Portuguese (Brazil)
  53. pt-pt: Portuguese (Portugal)
  54. ro-ro: Romanian (Romania)
  55. ru-ru: Russian (Russia)
  56. sk-sk: Slovak (Slovakia)
  57. sl-si: Slovenian (Slovenia)
  58. sq-al: Albanian (Albania)
  59. sr-cyrl-rs: Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
  60. sr-latn-rs: Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
  61. sv-se: Swedish (Sweden)
  62. ta-in: Tamil (India)
  63. te-in: Telugu (India)
  64. th-th: Thai (Thailand)
  65. tr-tr: Turkish (Türkiye)
  66. tt-ru: Tatar (Russia)
  67. uk-ua: Ukrainian (Ukraine)
  68. ur-pk: Urdu (Pakistan)
  69. vi-vn: Vietnamese (Vietnam)
  70. zh-cn: Chinese (Simplified, China)
  71. zh-tw: Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan

To configure this feature:

  • Go to Microsoft 365 admin center > Service Health Dashboard > Customize tab > Email tab to subscribe to Issues in your environment that require action (and Issues with priority accounts notifications, available for certain licenses).
  • Keep the Translate emails to <preferred language> checkbox checked to start receiving these notifications in your preferred language. Note: This box will be checked by default.
  • You can opt out of translation at any time to go back to receiving emails in English.

admin controls> </p><p><b>Note:</b> Translation for Microsoft-side incident and advisory notifications is not yet available but is planned for a future release. </p><p>This change will be on by default. Translation for <i>Incident </i>and <i>Advisory </i>notifications (Microsoft-side issues) is not yet available but is planned for a future release.</p><p><b>What you need to do to prepare:</b></p><p>This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation.</p><p>Learn more: <a href=How to check Microsoft 365 service health - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout)