Cloud service disrupted: Global disruption at Microsoft Outlook paralyzes email
A bug in Microsoft Exchange Online is causing email problems worldwide. What users should pay attention to now and how Microsoft is reacting.
A widespread Microsoft outage on Monday evening disrupted email services for millions of users worldwide, affecting both business customers of Microsoft 365 and private users of Outlook. The US software company confirmed significant login, email reception, and sending problems on its official status pages. According to Microsoft, the issue is caused by an error in the cloud infrastructure of Exchange Online, specifically in a central authentication and connection component.
Technicians have initiated countermeasures and are rolling out an update to restore services, advising users not to make any local changes to their computers. The number of complaints on outage portals like Downdetector quickly rose to tens of thousands.
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