Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager brief outage

Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager experienced a brief degraded service, with users potentially unable to access or sign in to these services. The issue began at Aug 12, 2025 10:02 PM UTC and was resolved by Aug 12, 2025 10:52 PM UTC, lasting about 50 minutes. Apple listed each service as affected and later noted that access could be slow or unavailable for some users, with two status updates issued during the incident. A user in Mumbai reported sign in and two-factor verification issues consistent with the reported symptoms, illustrating the user impact. The incident appeared limited to the two components and did not indicate broader service impact. show less