Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms, including Outlook, on Thursday, causing trouble for many users accessing their email accounts and other services. Nearly 130,000 users reported problems on the outage tracker Downdetector just after 1 p.m. ET. In addition to Outlook, Microsoft's workplace messaging app Teams, AI assistant Copilot, and Microsoft 365 services experienced issues.
Microsoft acknowledged receiving reports of users experiencing difficulties accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas. The company attributed the problems to an elevated load on its infrastructure, which it said was likely contributing to connectivity errors. Microsoft began redistributing traffic to balance the load and is actively working to reduce the impact.
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