Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, website down and errors.
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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.
September 1: Problems at Outlook.com
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.
- Sign in (58%)
- Website Down (25%)
- Errors (18%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Lévis
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Sign in | 2 minutes ago |
 Bedford
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Errors | 5 hours ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Errors | 5 hours ago |
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North Bay
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Website Down | 8 hours ago |
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Surrey
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Sign in | 8 hours ago |
 De Pere
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Sign in | 9 hours ago |
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Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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mesut (@mstsaydut) reported@UrsullineTV @Outlook Had this problem; @MarenXyber on X fixed it.
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🚀K.R.I.S. (@KrisWorkLife) reportedOops! Just realized that @Outlook doesn’t give you an option to choose a time zone for scheduled messages. What a bummer. @Microsoft please fix or add this option. 🚀
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M Raj (@MrVeritas) reportedIs anyone else’s @Outlook email Not working? Seems the services are down again just like in April. Hope @MicrosoftHelps is Aware of the Outlook email outage (login error, too many attempts) and is working to fix it.
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MGG_Tx_xT_ (@MartGHtTx) reported@Outlook I am tired of that add E-mail to protect your account sh!!!t. I can not sign in you should stop that sh!!!t.
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Sedal Gürses (@sgg1903) reported@UrsullineTV @Outlook Faced the same issue; @MarenXyber on X solved it.
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Permian Landman (@PermianLandman) reportedCalling the new @Office @Outlook garbage would be unfair to all garbage. Why the heck would you come out with such a slow web app looking monstrosity. Go back to legacy.
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Katlego Makgaila (@Katlego_Mack) reportedPlease fix the Outlook search tool @Outlook @Microsoft
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Inner Phoenix (@InnerPhoenix420) reported@Outlook @Outlook has become complete trash, letting unverified emails to email people, 100% are scammers or hackers, and @Microsoft like per usual is trash letting this happen. STILL AN ISSUE, STILL NOT FIXED, PATHETIC.
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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@rossiantony46 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.
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Chow (@smooth_93) reported.@outlook can you please fix your autocorrect for once holy hell work would be so much easier
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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@HollyKing810925 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.
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normal guy (@cybernormalguy) reported@Microsoft providing the WORST costumer support possible. 3 days of wait and locked outside my laptop because I nened the to allow me to change my @Outlook phone number since their bitLock locked me outuside my laptop and now they have cooking me for DAYS to fix this.
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Abhishek bharti (@Abhishe99575126) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps i am unable to login into my account due to OTP not coming and thus unable to login into my laptop as well kindly help.
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📱 (@TM_Doug) reported@Outlook Can ya fix this PLEASE?
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Sahil (@TheCyberSahil) reported@Outlook how long would you take to resolve my issue ?
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Erick Salas (@MEGAARICK) reportedHey @Microsoft @Outlook I need help, someone logged in my old email account, I lost that phone number so there’s no way to recover it, I tried everything, but it’s not working and someone now added my old account to authenticator app, I need help please, I can provide all info.
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Dominique (@NiqueHollywood) reportedCan someone tell me how @Microsoft @Office @Outlook is a $3.8 TRILLION dollar company that doesn’t have adequate engineers to proactively fix email server issues & system outages???? Anybody????
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Godfortherestofus✝️📚💯 (@God4TheRestOfUs) reported@fashionizta @Microsoft @Outlook same exact error all day I’m crippled. I feel like they’re not doing anything except to minimizing.
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Jamie (@TaxPayerxxxxx) reported@Microsoft @Outlook How is it you have to PAY to protect your accounts location wise? Why has no government stepped in here. I have a Hotmail/Outlook account that’s constantly getting Auth prompts from other countries. Why can I not restrict it to my own! It would fix 90% !
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Donna Adinolfi (@DonnaSpaGal) reportedAnyone else having @Outlook issues where emails are disappearing, populating, and disappearing. 😔
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Manash Boraa (@ManashPratimBo3) reportedHello @Outlook i am experiencing persistent issues with my Outlook account that are impacting my daily work Outgoing Emails are stuck or failing to send. Incoming Emails are heavily delayed and some are not being received at all Please resolve this urgently
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Godfortherestofus✝️📚💯 (@God4TheRestOfUs) reported@MSFT365Status it’s affecting regular Outlook accounts that are not business but are personal paid. my @outlook is down it’s very severe every account I have relies on two factor authentication through your email which means I’m fu..ed Thanks to this.
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Red Beard Real Estate (@HowardRoark90) reported@connorclift35 @Outlook @Microsoft And on a Monday, nonetheless! Terrible timing 😖
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The SuparUser (@suparuser) reportedHi, I forgot my Outlook mail password and i was really worried about it, Whenever I try to reset my password using two different Mobile Number, I got otp on the first Number but when I am using second Number for otp it say this verification method is not working. @Outlook
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Charlie (@Charles2982708) reported@Outlook this update that sends everything to my Draft folders automatically is complete BS Please change this! It doesn’t save any time and causes way too many problems. The majority of people using outlook for work Multi task and end up having all these emails disappear. When it’s out of site it’s out of mind. That’s not a good thing.
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Dee (@PlatinumEvents_) reported@Outlook The verification is not working for me when I try to log in via my laptop. Could you assist.
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Jose Ballesteros (@Jose_Balle) reportedIs it just me or is @Outlook email down today?
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BBeav-8 (@BBeav_8) reportedWeird #outage today. I can’t access @Outlook at all, but some of my coworkers can, but some of their apps don’t work. I am truthfully in the “this really sucks” category. Have things to do.
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Paige N. Fox (@paigefox_atty) reportedAnyone else having annoying, constant and weird issues with @Outlook??? It’s gotten so bad even my tech people are like wtf is going on. I have theories. #followthemoney
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secret name (@dbfssecret) reported@Outlook I liked Outlook Express, BUT, I just can’t stand Outlook in it’s present configuration. It has to be slimmed down and more useful before I’ll use it. I like MS, but I don’t like Outlook at all…just way too complicated.