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Outlook.com is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services from Microsoft. One of the world's first webmail services, it was founded in 1996 as Hotmail.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Outlook.com Outage Chart 03/16/2026 03:30

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.

  1. Sign in (52%)

    Sign in (52%)

  2. Errors (24%)

    Errors (24%)

  3. Website Down (24%)

    Website Down (24%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
AustraliaSydney Sign in
CanadaAjax Sign in
United StatesSault Ste. Marie Sign in
United KingdomOldbury Sign in
United KingdomOldbury Sign in
AustraliaSydney Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • chrissychuu Christy 🌈💖💜💙✨ (@chrissychuu) reported

    I really need to finish changing all my users and passwords so I can get rid of my @Outlook email address. I’m sick of getting emails for dentures and “squirting school.” I’m either an elderly woman or a cam girl wannabe, which is it? 💀 Worst email server in existence.

  • extemporea 🧙🏼‍♀️Riina Hellström 🐭 (@extemporea) reported

    @Outlook @JaxLewis @Outlook Can you pls inform on twitter what users should do / not do when you figured out what the problem is.

  • thebradleyjp Bradley P (@thebradleyjp) reported

    @dschless @stefanudziela @Outlook Yep, same problems here on desktop and mobile.

  • EdciniEdcini Edcini (@EdciniEdcini) reported

    @Outlook hey gay atheists fix outlook email!

  • BLP3Motors ♠️ BLP3 MOTORS on YOUTUBE ♠️ (@BLP3Motors) reported

    @Outlook Not without my outlook working! My outlook for Mac is down!

  • carfraed Drew Carfrae (@carfraed) reported

    @JaxLewis @Outlook Not working on my iPad either

  • katelieb1 Kate Lieb (@katelieb1) reported

    @Outlook I'd be capable if Outlook for Mac wasn't down right now and not allowing me to send or receive emails. Any word on what's going on there?

  • Pendragon_spare andre_prins@hotmail.com (@Pendragon_spare) reported

    @stefanudziela @Outlook I have the issue on Outlook for Android. No sync. Webmail works fine. I've contacted Microsoft already, have a case number, but in Outlook support for mobile I get no response.

  • JaxLewis Jakki Lewis Evans (@JaxLewis) reported

    @Outlook when is the issue with syncing Gmail to Outlook going to be fixed - it's been hours! No emails since yesterday on either desktop or mobile app. #ITfail

  • DeanMyerow Dean Myerow (@DeanMyerow) reported

    @hima_kazami @Outlook same problem here. Other users on Twitter having the issue also.

  • hima_kazami 風み (@hima_kazami) reported

    @Outlook My Android Outlook app is no longer syncing with gmail, what is the issue? Resetting the account or deleting and re-adding the account does not change the situation.

  • chadmandelbaum Chad Mandelbaum (@chadmandelbaum) reported

    @stefanudziela @Outlook I thought I was going crazy! Glad it’s actually an issue.

  • icingthief Krista S. (@icingthief) reported

    @Outlook Is there an issue with the mobile app at the moment? We are receiving reports from various employees that it is no longer working while the phone's default application is syncing

  • TomMarkHutton Tom Hutton (@TomMarkHutton) reported

    @dschless @stefanudziela @Outlook Same problem here!

  • stavros_vouros Stavros Vouros (@stavros_vouros) reported

    @stefanudziela @Outlook SAME . i ended up searching on twitter. ios ipados and macos app is down. cannot sync with gmail, but i get notifications

  • app4food App4 (@app4food) reported

    @stefanudziela @Outlook same here, server error 500, been doing it since 18:00 ish

  • sunpech Steven S. (@sunpech) reported

    Anyone else having problems with Gmail not syncing/working in @Outlook on MacOS? cc @MicrosoftHelps #Microsoft365 #Gmail

  • HarderRambles 👋🏼 (@HarderRambles) reported

    @extemporea @Outlook @JaxLewis I wish they'd put out a statement. I can't reach anyone and they haven't issued and acknowledged a problem in the US

  • hima_kazami 風み (@hima_kazami) reported

    .@Outlook My Android Outlook app is no longer syncing with gmail, what is the issue? Resetting the account or deleting and re-adding the account does not change the situation.

  • telltellpoetry Tell Tell Poetry (@telltellpoetry) reported

    @stefanudziela @Outlook Yes! We are having issues at Tell Tell too. No syncing with any Gsuite accounts.

  • dawnpasch dawnpasch (@dawnpasch) reported

    .@outlook is not syncing with gmail. tried deleting and readding the gmail account but that didnt work. its been down since 12:20 today.

  • extemporea 🧙🏼‍♀️Riina Hellström 🐭 (@extemporea) reported

    @Outlook @JaxLewis Same for me - pls swarm around the problem and fix asap. Thanks!

  • Monkeyspaz5000 Monkeyspaz5000 (@Monkeyspaz5000) reported

    @dawnpasch @Outlook Same issue with me. I thought it was just me and deleted re-added multiple times. I thought I was going mad,

  • MrsYisWhy Mrs. Y. (@MrsYisWhy) reported

    SecurityWeek: Gmail and Google Workspace users reporting problems with email synching to Microsoft @Outlook desktop and mobile clients

  • JariKorpelo Jari Jarri Korpelo (@JariKorpelo) reported

    @Outlook get your **** together and fix the ******* problem🫠

  • WinnieCooper81 AlwaysWritingABrief (@WinnieCooper81) reported

    Is @Outlook not working for anyone else bc I don't need this today

  • TomMarkHutton Tom Hutton (@TomMarkHutton) reported

    @dschless @stefanudziela @Outlook Same problem here

  • eyenovation Eyenovation (@eyenovation) reported

    @Outlook @stefanudziela Hurry up and fix this! It's incomprehensible an email client no longer works with major email providers. Wake some people up and get it corrected, ASAP.

  • SecurityWeek SecurityWeek (@SecurityWeek) reported

    Gmail and Google Workspace users reporting problems with email synching to Microsoft @Outlook desktop and mobile clients

  • GallandMaria María Galland (@GallandMaria) reported

    @katelieb1 @Outlook Outlook is not working for Mac, help 😓