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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

The graph below depicts the number of Outlook.com reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 50% Sign in (50%)
  • 25% Errors (25%)
  • 25% Website Down (25%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Prescot Sign in 1 minute ago
Adelaide Sign in 1 hour ago
Sydney Sign in 3 hours ago
El Segundo Website Down 4 hours ago
Memphis Sign in 4 hours ago
Liverpool Sign in 6 hours ago
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Bob_of_Baghdad
    Bob (@Bob_of_Baghdad) reported

    @Outlook What’s going on with email Templates missing? This has totally destroyed our work flow. Please fix asap.

  • MagentaHere
    Magenta (@MagentaHere) reported

    @Microsoft @Office @Outlook I am unable to sign in so cannot get support for being locked out of important account. Please message me as a matter of urgency. I reside in the UK.

  • 1BOMBDIGGITYBOO
    M$. FIT (@1BOMBDIGGITYBOO) reported

    My reminders ain’t reminding. Fix it! @Outlook

  • AlisonWagstaff3
    Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported

    @Outlook why suddenly can't I get into my long owned emails. I've gone down a rabbit hole being redirected by your website. It's saying I've downloaded it (after deleting it) and it's not showing on my phone!!

  • deliciaMP4
    delicia (@deliciaMP4) reported

    @Outlook a move up/move down feature isn’t that hard surely

  • WendyWendywat
    Wendy Watkins (@WendyWendywat) reported

    @Outlook having real problems contacting customer support - how do I urgently get hold of someone please? URGENT

  • Sof_Cervon
    Sofía Cervón (@Sof_Cervon) reported

    @Outlook seems to be down… I can’t send or receive any emails … 👀 #help

  • thefrostlord
    frostlord (@thefrostlord) reported

    @Outlook signing into Outlook and being told I have signed in too many times after putting in my CORRECT password. Then you are forced to change password. FIX IT UP MICROSOFT.

  • zxcbnmjklyf
    star🧚🏻‍♀️ (@zxcbnmjklyf) reported

    @Outlook I am having a technical issue with my personal account. It is being incorrectly flagged as a child account. When I try to verify my age by clicking 'I am a parent', I immediately get a 'Logout Failed' error page on all devices and browsers.

  • mentalmasterpie
    Mental Masterpiece (@mentalmasterpie) reported

    their is a problem in outlook mail app, its automatically log out after some days @Outlook

  • AlisonWagstaff3
    Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported

    @Outlook I'm absolutely sick and tired of you. My email access has gone from eady and with no problems to waiting for access, also getting locked in having to restart my phone. It's an absolute pain I hate the ads which were bad enough on unfocused, but now on focused too

  • Stewmeak
    Stewart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported

    @Outlook Yet another glitch today. Icon says I have mail but nothing unread in there

  • VolatileAmine
    FallingDebris (@VolatileAmine) reported

    @Outlook you’d think your server could block phishing emails. FFS, the floodgate is open.

  • TuckerGoodrich
    Tucker Goodrich (@TuckerGoodrich) reported

    Gmail search doesn't work. Outlook is far better and if it's not working, you Exchange administrator is doing a bad job. —Current unhappy @Gmail user and former Exchange administrator and intensive @Outlook user.

  • tanfrancisco
    Ture Anderson (@tanfrancisco) reported

    @Outlook the Outlook password recovery system is not working for me. It keeps kicking me out. Can I speak with somebody or can somebody please help me? I’ve been spending two weeks trying to get my email back.

  • PeonhuskLIVES
    Le Hunch in Da Trunk: Part Deux (@PeonhuskLIVES) reported

    Hey @Outlook wtf is your issue w/ signing on ipads? The ONLY time y'all won't let me sign-in is when it's on an ipad. Also, STOP DEFAULTING TO SENDING VERIFICATION CODES TO AN ALTERNATE EMAIL, I KNOW MY PASSWORDS.

  • xJoeyxKnucklesx
    JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported

    @Anita52174838 @NikhilB27505303 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me

  • ramim_rifat_
    Ramim Rifat | Beehiiv Expert 🐝 (@ramim_rifat_) reported

    @aa1yea @beehiiv @Outlook it's a glitch! beehiiv is working on it

  • katrinas57
    KatS (@katrinas57) reported

    @Outlook Please, give me my legacy Outlook back! I frequently email my large family--and you took away my family contact list!!! Seriously??? Stop "improving" things that aren't broken! I work on a Mac.

  • srijansen39
    Roni (@srijansen39) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Hi Microsoft/Outlook team, I recently created a Microsoft account and got an @outlook.com email by default. But every email I send to Gmail addresses lands in the recipient's Spam folder, so they never see it. This is causing major inconvenience— Fix this

  • SarahEmpson2
    sarah (@SarahEmpson2) reported

    @Outlook Why am I having problems receiving and sending emails.. today so are a few other people I know

  • miningmark48
    Mark (@miningmark48) reported

    Hey @Microsoft… please fix @Outlook’s bullet point. They’re terrible.

  • MonicaLRangel
    Monica Rangel (@MonicaLRangel) reported

    @Outlook Have been having issues with outlook all day today is there something going on?

  • syedahmed004
    hydra (@syedahmed004) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook i canno sign into my accounts on phone app, emails are not syncing, not able to get otps for other apps. Also outlook app is not working. Is there a problem with server? if no then please help me fix thanks!

  • faithedragon
    Fai (@faithedragon) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Not being able to drag and drop emails and attachments into SharePoint is a huge limitation for collaborators. Why can’t a trillion dollar company fix this?

  • Ayoosh284
    Ayah 𓂆 (@Ayoosh284) reported

    @AzizSafi17 @Outlook I have the same issue it started on Feb the 7th

  • njamess10
    Nick ✨ (@njamess10) reported

    God, @Outlook just keeps getting worse by the day..... what's going on @Microsoft?!?! It never fails to go down. It's NEVER been this bad.

  • 2689j
    🌄🐣 (@2689j) reported

    Also, @Outlook I had to put these in my junk profile myself. Are you not able to tell these are spam? Cuz if not, we should just shut y'all down now and save everyone some time and anguish.

  • catalinmpit
    Catalin (@catalinmpit) reported

    It looks like Outlook flagged emails for @Documenso, anyone know how I can fix this fast? cc @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps

  • DrMaryHolden
    DrEvil (@DrMaryHolden) reported

    @CuriosityonX @Outlook do you ever read the room? Everyone has problems with your shite software