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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.

Outlook.com Outage Chart 03/09/2026 00:00

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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 (51%)

    Sign in (51%)

  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
United StatesLong Beach Sign in
United KingdomBeckenham Errors
United StatesWoodbridge Sign in
AustraliaMelbourne Errors
United StatesHouston Errors
United StatesWoodbridge Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MarcoCrossette Marco (@MarcoCrossette) reported

    Hi @Outlook I received an error 500 message when I try to login my Hotmail. On the phone I don't see any mail anymore. What is going on? Im from the Netherlands by the way

  • KCA1131 Kim Archer (@KCA1131) reported

    @Outlook Yes.... I wanna see some magic. Fix your Damn BROKEN Outlook email server !!!!

  • TCGView Richard - TCGView.com (@TCGView) reported

    I am guessing some @Outlook email accounts are affected by a server issue. One particular email account I have is inaccessible. #OutlookEmail @Microsoft

  • iabhipareek CA Abhishek Pareek (@iabhipareek) reported

    Not able to open @Outlook is there any issue?

  • pandatrueno_ Ichlasul amal (@pandatrueno_) reported

    @Outlook cant access email from browser, is it going on outage?

  • theshishirnayak shishir (@theshishirnayak) reported

    . @Outlook Outlook has been down for 3 hours, and @Microsoft is taking hours to resolve the issues. DO NOT FIRE EXPERIENCED/GOOD PEOPLE next time. Interns/Freshers have fancy degrees but not real time experience to resolve things. They need time to learn.

  • praneethdevaki Praneeth Devaki (@praneethdevaki) reported

    @Microsoft products are down for the second time this sprint. Wondering if they fired the right people.🤔 @Outlook @SharePoint

  • JusstineM110 Justine Morgan (@JusstineM110) reported

    @pandatrueno_ @Outlook There is an outage. I cannot access mine either

  • Nyanko56955551 Nyanko太 (@Nyanko56955551) reported

    @MSOfficeJP @Outlook Hello Team ! Outlook is there any outage going on in Japan ? The mail keeps on loading. The emails we sent are still in the outbox.

  • NagpalMalini Malini Nagpal (@NagpalMalini) reported

    @Outlook What's up with Microsoft Outlook? Can't access and / or load emails. Getting the following message "Error 500" and "Error 503." What is the ETA of the fix?

  • Angelbaby7769 ❤💫Angel 💫❤ (@Angelbaby7769) reported

    @abigailsagd @Outlook Yes same. Let's hope they fix it lol

  • LMoguilner Un Anunnaki de visita (@LMoguilner) reported

    Hi from Barcelona @Outlook @MicrosoftES, i am having problems logging into my email, could you fix it plz??

  • mbaruah05 MANASH BARUAH (@mbaruah05) reported

    @Outlook Its down again

  • LanceBest Lance Best (@LanceBest) reported

    @Outlook i can't login on my email account, it keeps giving me a error 500 stating it can't find it.

  • DomingoZaahira Zaahira Domingo (@DomingoZaahira) reported

    @Outlook updates on outlook outage?

  • angsuman77 Angsuman (@angsuman77) reported

    @Outlook Can't sign in Outlook Mail on web and app from India from today morning 9.30 AM IST

  • Makdavy1 David Makoko (@Makdavy1) reported

    @Outlook is down #outlookdown

  • JOSLaura Laura вαѕтσ (@JOSLaura) reported

    I've been trying to reach my outlook account for almost 4 hours, going crazy about it. I changed my password, tried to open a new account. And I've just realised it is a @Outlook problem.

  • abigailsagd Abigail Delanda (@abigailsagd) reported

    @Angelbaby7769 @Outlook Problems connecting to the server and I think if I saw something like that.

  • dpudhfm A.I (@dpudhfm) reported

    @Outlook Sleep esava ? 20 mins nunchi down

  • demonvalak42 Demon Valak (@demonvalak42) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook @MicrosoftIndia I am unable to login to my account. It keep saying authentication failed , even reset the password still cannot access the account, keep saying (authentication failed). What is the issue. Pls reply.

  • MarkDaza_ Mark Daza (@MarkDaza_) reported

    . @Microsoft @Outlook is down again.😕

  • Angelbaby7769 ❤💫Angel 💫❤ (@Angelbaby7769) reported

    @Outlook #hotmail down?

  • swagata_piu Swagata Banerjee (@swagata_piu) reported

    Hi @Outlook - Please provide updates on the outage.

  • itsme_hanu Himanshu (@itsme_hanu) reported

    @Outlook outlook down....

  • OVIBSWS ABHIBS (@OVIBSWS) reported

    @Outlook @MSFT365Status Outlook authentication error in India. What is going on? please fix it asap!🫥

  • Ungkusyafiqah Ungku Syafiqah (@Ungkusyafiqah) reported

    So @Outlook is down globally? I can’t access to my server. My whole team facing the same issue.

  • SCohen54 Sharon Cohen (@SCohen54) reported

    @Outlook Is there an outage? My email isn’t loading.

  • Patrcia77093743 Patrícia Lopes (@Patrcia77093743) reported

    @Outlook Hello @Outlook I can’t access my mail from any web browser or the app. The site gives me a 500 error

  • mbaruah05 MANASH BARUAH (@mbaruah05) reported

    @Outlook It it down again