Microsoft Outlook Down: Thousands of Users Reporting Issues Accessing Email

Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users experienced issues with loading their inboxes and signing in on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Microsoft 365's status page initially reported an investigation and later deployed a fix, but encountered a problem with the initial remedy. The company is closely monitoring the deployment to ensure no further issues are encountered.

Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users faced significant challenges accessing their email accounts on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, with many reporting difficulties loading their inboxes or signing in. Microsoft 365's status page initially indicated an investigation into the issue and later shared that a fix was being deployed. However, the company encountered a problem with its initial remedy, leading to further delays in resolving the issue.

The outage peaked just before noon ET on Thursday, with more than 2,700 users worldwide reporting issues with Outlook, formerly also known as Hotmail, to outage tracker Downdetector. Some users experienced problems like loading their inboxes or signing in. By later in the afternoon, reports had fallen to just over a couple hundred.

Microsoft 365 later updated its status page to indicate that a configuration change had fully saturated throughout the affected environments and resolved the impact for all users. The company noted that everything was back up and running by the late afternoon.

Microsoft did not immediately provide specific details about the cause of the outage. A spokesperson for the company had no further comment when reached by The Associated Press on Thursday.

The widespread issues with Microsoft Outlook have raised concerns among users and financial professionals alike. While the company has stated that the issue has been resolved, the delays in fixing the problem may have significant implications for businesses that rely on Microsoft 365 services for their email communication.

References:
[1] https://abc7.com/post/is-outlook-down-thousands-users-report-issues-accessing-email/17054146/
[2] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-sg/answers/questions/3630770/microsoft-365-copilot-program-on-laptop-wont-sign
[3] https://www.scotsman.com/news/microsoft-outlook-emails-5217561
[4] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/is-microsoft-outlook-down-thousands-of-users-report-issues-with-email