(WKYT) – Communication at work may be a bit difficult this afternoon. DownDetector.com is reporting a nationwide Microsoft Outlook outage.
When was the outage reported?
Microsoft is investigating an outage affecting access to Outlook email for users across the Americas, as thousands of people reported problems Thursday afternoon.
Reports of issues began appearing on outage-tracking website Downdetector around noon EST Thursday. By 2 p.m. EST, over 97,000 reports had been submitted to the site.
What is affected?
Outlook provides email and calendar access through the web, computers and mobile devices as part of Microsoft 365. The disruption is also affecting scheduling and messaging in Microsoft Teams.
When will it be fixed?
Microsoft said on its Microsoft 365 Status social media account that it was investigating problems affecting access to Exchange Online mailboxes.
“We’re investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas,” the company said.
Microsoft had not provided an estimated time for restoration.
