Outlook Down? Microsoft Working on Fix After Thousands of Users Report Issues Accesing Outlook Emails

Microsoft’s Outlook is currently down for several users globally, and the company has acknowledged that there is an ongoing issue that is impacting access to its email service. Users have reported that they are unable to access emails via Microsoft Outlook on the web, the official Outlook app for iOS and Android, and the Outlook app for Windows and Mac computers. The company says the issue is related to its mailbox infrastructure, and it is already working on applying a fix to resolve the ongoing outage.

Microsoft Applies Fixes in Attempt to Restore Access to Outlook Email Service

Users began reporting issues with accessing Outlook on Thursday, via the downtime tracker Downdetector. At the time of publishing this story, there were over 800 reports from users stating that they did not have access to the service. The tracker also revealed that 62 percent of users said they were unable to log into their Outlook account, while 34 percent of users could not access the website.

Microsoft has already acknowledged the ongoing technical issue affecting several users. The company’s service health status website indicates the Outlook email service is affected by “service degradation” and the latest update from Microsoft says that some users are unable to access Outlook via “any connection methods.”

The company has also confirmed that the outage has impacted connections made from the Outlook website, the Outlook apps for smartphones, and the Outlook app for computers. The service is affecting Microsoft’s Outlook service, but the Microsoft 365 service for enterprises appears to be unaffected by the outage.

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