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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.

August 31: Problems at Outlook.com

Outlook.com is having issues since 12:00 PM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  • 57% Sign in (57%)
  • 24% Website Down (24%)
  • 19% Errors (19%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Montréal Sign in 4 minutes ago
Colombes Website Down 7 minutes ago
Miami Sign in 8 minutes ago
Lexington Errors 10 minutes ago
Sherbrooke Website Down 14 minutes ago
Birmingham Sign in 15 minutes ago
Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ManashPratimBo3
    Manash Boraa (@ManashPratimBo3) reported

    Hello @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

  • choparteta
    HIGHBURY HAMBURGERS (@choparteta) reported

    if anyone has a @Yahoo..deactvate it..they are pure scum..even when u enter ur password to login they block u..create with @Outlook

  • LeYaoguai
    S 🇩🇿 (@LeYaoguai) reported

    @Outlook I’m having the 503. X FEServe error when trying to log in …

  • dxgl_org
    William (@dxgl_org) reported

    @eternalsparrow1 @USCPSC They are still selling fraudulent capacity 18650 batteries but CPSC is not taking them down on that. Also the remedy involves contacting an @outlook.com email so CPSC is posing a potential cybersecurity risk.

  • ErdemPulcu
    Erdem Pulcu (@ErdemPulcu) reported

    @Microsoft cannot make @Outlook find emails in one's inbox. So much of time is being wasted everyday because Outlook doesn't work. Could someone explain to me why anyone should trust their AI models? If they are so good why don't you use it to fix the email??

  • xwxfoxie
    Jay ♡ (@xwxfoxie) reported

    @lostliano @Outlook @Microsoft I see a lot of people hating on you which isn’t fair - I can see the effort, but I think the main issue is the typography - it just feels “off” (and then I’m not a fan of the tab switcher) - but other than that it is really really really good. Good work!

  • Jose_Balle
    Jose Ballesteros (@Jose_Balle) reported

    Is it just me or is @Outlook email down today?

  • KueddeR
    NewsMän (@KueddeR) reported

    @MauricioHunt2 @Outlook I'm having the same problem. Four emails I sent to Hotmail in the last few hours were bounced back.

  • MrVeritas
    M Raj (@MrVeritas) reported

    Is 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.

  • TheCyberSahil
    Sahil (@TheCyberSahil) reported

    @Outlook how long would you take to resolve my issue ?

  • ibmindia2011
    Mukund (@ibmindia2011) reported

    @lazychakrabarti @Outlook I am also facing the same issue are you going to off hotmail service in India?

  • KrisWorkLife
    🚀K.R.I.S. (@KrisWorkLife) reported

    Oops! 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. 🚀

  • JackalopePoop
    jen (@JackalopePoop) reported

    @Outlook wtf is going on with email login -- why is the valid password with the special characters that you made me specifically choose not enough for me to login from the same exact laptop I use every day?

  • 5PriscillaKing
    Priscilla King (@5PriscillaKing) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook just causes problems whenever I open it. I've been trying to read e-mail today and, so far, Chrome has crashed six times. This has not allowed much e-mail to be read. I'm probably going to change my public e-mail address this weekend.

  • kirk202020
    why (@kirk202020) reported

    @sumit_c @Outlook I just want to sign in and get my emails ffs

  • drfulara
    Dr. Piyush Fulara (@drfulara) reported

    @Outlook I am not able to login my account as I forgot my password. So I tried to login using Phone Number OTP to sign in but all it shows is - "That method isn't working right now. Please try another way to verify it's you" Kindly help me to access my outlook account

  • EMANONF1
    TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported

    @TylerJs981 @Outlook Still down, won’t send me a code to my mobile phone!

  • Kareem1702
    Kareem (@Kareem1702) reported

    @KyleDavey86 @Outlook @KyleDavey86 Were you able to fix this? I had the exact same issue with the robot and now I can’t even get that far anymore

  • soylerseren
    Seren Söyler (@soylerseren) reported

    @Outlook Outlook won't accept the images, even though they are very small. I'm wasting a lot of time. It's an incredibly primitive issue.

  • WNlombardi
    Lombardigal (@WNlombardi) reported

    @Outlook closing down an email account, that’s been used for many yrs, and accessed from the same device, with no VPN or blocks identified 😬 and the correct input of info.

  • NiqueHollywood
    Dominique (@NiqueHollywood) reported

    Imagine leading Comms & PR for a major tour, in the middle of 2 press runs, client projects/events that need immediate updates and your entire business email with @GoDaddy @Outlook is down, AGAIN!!!!!! On a Monday!!!! They have 1 hour before I start a class action suit!!!!!

  • MEGAARICK
    Erick Salas (@MEGAARICK) reported

    Hey @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.

  • HaticeOzturk86
    Hatice Öztürk (@HaticeOzturk86) reported

    @UrsullineTV @Outlook Same trouble @MarenXyber on X handled it fast.

  • Gabalzac
    José Rafael Gabaldón (@Gabalzac) reported

    @peteryanni @Outlook Agree. Terrible decision by @Outlook

  • _Arabian_
    Human Fairy 🦋✨ (@_Arabian_) reported

    @Outlook I literally do not have time for this. Please, please, please fix this

  • andrewrdn463
    Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported

    @Outlook Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password."

  • TheDon2108
    Darnell Wiggins (@TheDon2108) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook is acting weird moving slow, and etc

  • TaxPayerxxxxx
    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% !

  • princess420604
    princess (@princess420604) reported

    @Outlook are you aware of any glitches with shared calendars? I’ve lost 2 of my family calendars overnight and they can’t see mine anymore either. Have deleted them and readded. Still not working.

  • CoachWane
    Thee Wane (@CoachWane) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook y'all better fix the spam and phishing processes. Way too many spams that are not being blocked. The security team needs to wake up and do their job!!!!!!