Global Outage Hits Microsoft Outlook Services
Users worldwide are reporting difficulties accessing Outlook email services, with Microsoft stating that it is working to rebalance its infrastructure load.
Users around the world are reporting widespread difficulties accessing the Outlook email service, both via web browsers and dedicated applications, as reported by The Verge and Globes. According to monitoring site Downdetector, nearly 130,000 reports of outages were logged at the peak of the disruption.
Microsoft stated that the issue stemmed from elevated load on a portion of its infrastructure, affecting multiple regions globally. The company confirmed that it has completed redistributing connection traffic across its worldwide network and is working to restore full service. Additionally, there were reports of minor disruptions to other services such as Teams and Copilot. Further details have not yet been released.