User reports
0
Near baseline. 0 in the last hour. Typical hour is about 0.
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Is Rice University down?
The vendor's status page reports an issue. Our own checks and user reports have not confirmed a problem. Official status: Global Microsoft 365 outage
Source: the vendor's status page · We are not affiliated with Rice University.
What to try while Rice University is having problems
Estimated fix: Not enough Rice University history yet; similar Education outages lasted 2 h (median, typically 18 min–9 h; 11 outages).
- If the LMS or portal is down, email your instructor a timestamped screenshot and check the school's IT status page for deadline extensions.
Live diagnosis
Is it just me?
Finds the most likely layer (the service, your ISP or area, DNS, or your Wi-Fi) and gives two steps to try.
Your browser → rice.edu—
Your browser → us—
Our checksReaching it
Official · ReportsMinor incident · Near baseline
DNS (1.1.1.1 · Google)—
Your provider—
Connection—
Upstream—
Press Run testYour browser tests the site, us, and two public DNS resolvers. We never store your IP; only anonymous counts by network and region.
Checks by region
Reachable from all 4 regions we check from.
US East · ORDReachable237 ms · 9 min ago
US West · SJCReachable139 ms · 9 min ago
Europe · AMSReachable479 ms · 9 min ago
Asia-Pacific · KIXReachable1126 ms · 9 min ago
Live outage map
No reports in the last 24 hours.
Dots are whole states, provinces or countries, never exact locations. We never store IP addresses. Every report with a known place can appear on the map. Updates every minute.
What's broken
Recent reports
Each row is a time, a coarse place, and a problem type from a new report. Optional notes stay private. Places with fewer than 3 reports in the last 8 days are shown without a location.
No public reports yet.
Our checks
Reaching it
Last checked 35 min ago. Last stored result reached it in 373 ms.
Official status
Minor incident
Global Microsoft 365 outage Official status page
Reports and checks
Numbers behind the chart
| Time (UTC) | Reports | Baseline | Latency | Failed checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 ms | 0 |
| Mon 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 336 ms | 0 |
| Mon 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 ms | 0 |
| Mon 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 335 ms | 0 |
| Tue 01 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 ms | 0 |
| Tue 03 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 ms | 0 |
| Tue 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 ms | 0 |
| Tue 06 | 0 | 0.0 | 474 ms | 0 |
| Tue 08 | 0 | 0.0 | 385 ms | 0 |
| Tue 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 ms | 0 |
| Tue 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 360 ms | 0 |
| Tue 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 287 ms | 0 |
| Tue 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 303 ms | 0 |
| Tue 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 ms | 0 |
| Tue 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 321 ms | 0 |
| Wed 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 505 ms | 0 |
| Wed 02 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 ms | 0 |
| Wed 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 287 ms | 0 |
| Wed 06 | 0 | 0.0 | 347 ms | 0 |
| Wed 09 | 0 | 0.0 | 299 ms | 0 |
| Wed 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 374 ms | 0 |
| Wed 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 338 ms | 0 |
| Wed 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 309 ms | 0 |
| Wed 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 202 ms | 0 |
| Wed 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 358 ms | 0 |
| Wed 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 370 ms | 0 |
| Thu 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 ms | 0 |
| Thu 02 | 0 | 0.0 | 312 ms | 0 |
| Thu 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 ms | 0 |
| Thu 06 | 0 | 0.0 | 580 ms | 0 |
| Thu 08 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 ms | 0 |
| Thu 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 ms | 0 |
| Thu 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 330 ms | 0 |
| Thu 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 342 ms | 0 |
| Thu 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 ms | 0 |
| Thu 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 291 ms | 0 |
| Thu 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 271 ms | 0 |
| Thu 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 188 ms | 0 |
| Fri 01 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 ms | 0 |
| Fri 03 | 0 | 0.0 | 279 ms | 0 |
| Fri 05 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 ms | 0 |
| Fri 07 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 ms | 0 |
| Fri 09 | 0 | 0.0 | 391 ms | 0 |
| Fri 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 368 ms | 0 |
| Fri 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 253 ms | 0 |
| Fri 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 330 ms | 0 |
| Fri 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 ms | 0 |
| Fri 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 373 ms | 0 |
Reliability
100% uptime · No user reports in the last 24h
90 days ago → today. Uptime is from our own HTTP checks; outages are incidents that lasted long enough to list. We have 8 days of data so far, so the 90-day numbers fill in over time.
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Past outages
No outages on record for Rice University yet. Outages of 10 minutes or more get their own page here.
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About Rice University
We track Rice University (rice.edu) as part of the Education group. Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston’s next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow’s thinking.
Rice University publishes an official status page at status.rice.edu; when we can read it, its incident level is folded into the status shown here.
Common problems for education services: learning management systems and student portals slowing down around assignment deadlines, exams and registration.
Measured uptime from our checks: 100% over 8 days of checks. No public incidents logged since monitoring began 8 days ago.
Response time over the last 24 hours: 298 ms average, 164–391 ms range across 12 successful checks.
Questions
Is Rice University down right now?
The vendor's status page reports an issue. Our own checks and user reports have not confirmed a problem. Official status: Global Microsoft 365 outage
When was Rice University last down?
We have not recorded a public Rice University incident since monitoring began 8 days ago.
What is Rice University's uptime?
From our own checks: 100% over 8 days of checks.
How fast does Rice University respond?
298 ms on average over the last 24 hours (164–391 ms). Latest regional checks: US East 237 ms, US West 139 ms, Europe 479 ms, Asia-Pacific 1126 ms.
Does Rice University have an official status page?
Yes, at https://status.rice.edu.
Rice University not working for me but the status is fine. What now?
It is usually local: try another browser or the app, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, and clear the cache. For education services, watch for learning management systems and student portals slowing down around assignment deadlines, exams and registration. If many people report Rice University here at once, the problem is on Rice University's side.
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