Tens of thousands of Microsoft users experienced service disruptions on Saturday afternoon, with reports of outages affecting Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Azure.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Microsoft 365 Status, the official account for service incidents, acknowledged the issue on X, stating, “We’re investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Outlook features and services.” The company advised administrators to check for updates under MO1020913 in the admin center.
According to Downdetector, reports of outages surged after 3:30 p.m. ET, with over 37,000 users reporting issues with Outlook and approximately 24,000 reporting disruptions in Microsoft 365 services. Teams outages were reported by around 150 users. The most affected areas included New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Frustrated users flooded social media, raising concerns over a potential global Microsoft outage. However, Microsoft has not yet posted any updates on its service health page or responded to requests for comment.
This is a developing story.
