Users report email app Microsoft Outlook is down

Share Add Us On Google Add as a preferred source on Google (Gray News) - Microsoft products, particularly Microsoft Outlook, appear to be down, according to user reports. Downdetector received more than 130,000 reports from users experiencing problems with the email app. A spike in reports began at about 1:10 p.m. ET. Outages were reported worldwide. Users also reported problems with other Microsoft products, including Microsoft 365. There were more than 48,000 user reports involving Microsoft 365, according to Downdetector. Microsoft 365 reported they were looking into users “experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods.” As of 1:48 p.m., the company reported it is “redistributing connection traffic across our broader worldwide infrastructure to help balance the load.” Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.