Microsoft Outlook is experiencing a major outage

Microsoft Outlook is experiencing a widespread outage that is preventing users from accessing their inboxes. Android Authority reports that over 103,000 users have reported the issue on Downdetector, with problems appearing to begin around 12:20 PM ET. TechRadar noted more than 120,000 concurrent reports on the same site and reported that outage indications from the US began around 12:30 PM ET.

Microsoft confirmed the outage, which initially affected the U.S. and the Americas before expanding to affect any region. According to TechCrunch, Microsoft stated on X that some infrastructure was experiencing “elevated load” and that the company is redistributing connection traffic across its worldwide infrastructure to balance the load.

While TechCrunch noted it remains unclear how the outage affects other services, TechRadar reported that users have also reported issues with Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Copilot, OneDrive, and Azure.

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