Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves Thousands Without Email Access
Hey everyone, if you've been struggling to access your Microsoft Outlook email today, you're definitely not alone. Thousands of users across the U.S. reported a major outage on Saturday afternoon, leaving many unable to send or receive emails. If you rely on Outlook for work or personal communication, you might have noticed that things just weren’t loading properly.
According to Downdetector, which tracks online service disruptions, reports of Outlook being down started flooding in around 3:30 p.m. ET. Within just 30 minutes, over 32,000 outage reports had been logged. And it wasn’t just Outlook—Microsoft 365, which includes popular programs like Word and Excel, was also affected, with around 25,000 reports of issues. Some users even experienced trouble with the Microsoft Store and Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform.
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So, what exactly happened? Microsoft acknowledged the issue pretty quickly and stated that they had identified a potential cause. By 5 p.m. ET, they had reverted some suspected faulty code and were monitoring the situation to ensure things were stabilizing. Around 4:30 p.m. ET, some users—including journalists from USA TODAY—started receiving emails again, suggesting that the fix was starting to take effect.
As expected, frustrated users took to social media to vent. Many posted on X (formerly Twitter) about their inability to access their emails, wondering if the issue was just on their end or a widespread outage. A few users reassured others that they weren’t alone in experiencing these disruptions.
While it looks like Microsoft is getting things back on track, if you're still facing issues, you might want to try refreshing your app or logging in again. Hopefully, this was just a temporary glitch, and things will be back to normal soon. Were you affected by the outage? Let us know!
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