Outlook Down: Microsoft Confirms Email Outage, Working on Fix
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Outlook Outage: Microsoft Says Your Email Should Be Working Again
Microsoft confirmed Outlook had problems Thursday. The problems began around 5 p.m. PT on Wednesday, according to Downdetector. By Thursday afternoon, Microsoft said the problem had been resolved. It didn’t offer much by way of explanation, saying simply that a portion of mailbox infrastructure isn’t performing as efficiently as expected.
If you had difficulty accessing your email today, you weren’t alone. Microsoft confirmed on Thursday that it was experiencing issues with its email service, Outlook.
The affected Outlook users experienced trouble accessing Outlook either through the web browser, mobile app or desktop client. The problems began around 5 p.m. PT on Wednesday, according to Downdetector, and started to pick up significantly around 2 a.m. PT on Thursday. (Downdetector is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)
“Users may be unable to access their mailbox using any connection methods,” Microsoft said in a service status update during the outage.
By Thursday afternoon, Microsoft said, the problem had been resolved. It didn’t offer much by way of explanation, saying simply this in the initial post to its service status page: “We’ve determined that a portion of mailbox infrastructure isn’t performing as efficiently as expected, resulting in impact.”
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news-live/outlook-down-microsoft-confirms-email-outage-working-on-fix/