Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports
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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.
- Sign in (70%)
- Website Down (15%)
- Errors (14%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Sign in | 4 hours ago |
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Website Down | 14 hours ago |
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Sign in | 22 hours ago |
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Errors | 23 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@outlook @MSFT365Status Soooo it sends a code to my phone but then it says i have 2 step verification and it won't send a code to my email bc it STILL says 'tried too many codes try again tomorrow'🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 FIX THIS ******* ****
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Faisal 🔻 (@faisal9051911) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Outlook They unlocked my account and was able to login with my password
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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.
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Bex (@rebecca_dray_) reported@TyredMark @Microsoft @Outlook Yep I’m having the same issue
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Wind 24 (@ayanconq) reported@MEGAARICK @Microsoft @Outlook Report your issue to Sylas_techz1 here on X
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Gurjot S (@drewbiebertbh) reported@Outlook fix the issue pls
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Ms.Tab00 (@MsTab00) reported@Outlook Posting while your servers are down is asinine behavior 🥴
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Tech With Taylor (@TechWTaylor) reported@Outlook how much longer until this issue is resolved???
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Kimberley Treece (@T25Kimi) reportedI am getting increasingly frustrated with the lack of response from @Outlook @Microsoft in relation to these issues being experienced. When will I get access back to my account???
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ATMOSARRISES (@XsinandtonicX) reportedBlocking my previous tweets @Outlook ? Why are there no alternative means of support for account access error? I signed in from a new device with a new phone number with my exact credentials ?
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SpongeBob (@Jack_the_westi) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook I had the same problem a while ago, absolutely impossible to speak to a human at Microsoft to get support, finally I switched to Gmail, caused a lot of disruption because my old Hotmail is used to verify loads of passwords, annoyingly I keep getting reminders to log into Hotmail
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Chayan Chakrabarti (@lazychakrabarti) reported@Outlook unable to login to my 15 years old Hotmail account even though I have the same phone number, your captcha verifications are so lame
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Zemen Berhe, PhD (@zemensberhe) reportedMy outlook doesn’t work since yesterday on my iPhone and iPad and I see others have similar issues! What can we do @satyanadella @Outlook 🤔
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Erick (@erickacevedor) reportedI love (not really) how I need to login each time on outlook web. I mean, each freaking time man @Outlook -- you're a 3.19 TRILLION USD company, I think wont be difficult to fix something like this.
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook Email still down here in the UK. How can I work like this?
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MJ (@marifuenzalida) reported@Outlook not working !!!!!!!!!!!
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ATMOSARRISES (@XsinandtonicX) reported@Outlook unlock my personal email.. all I did was sign in from a new device and changed my phone number, I’ve submitted your form from another email already, I need access what is going onnnn
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cdkcy (@ekhcchi) reported@Outlook Idk maybe let me sign in so I can check
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Ad Libitum (@JSokaza) reportedThe AI bot will tell you that @Outlook know there is an issue too, so this is not new, and still not fixed. Brilliant.
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook how am i STILL not able to access my EMAILS??? Why are your services STILL DOWN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Coming upto 48 hrs now! This is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable. #outlook #outlookdown #hotmail ******* Joke!
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HIGHBURY HAMBURGERS (@choparteta) reportedif anyone has a @Yahoo..deactvate it..they are pure scum..even when u enter ur password to login they block u..create with @Outlook
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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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Koku Baboni (@ko_baboni) reported@Outlook, fix Outlook mobile!
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Mukund (@ibmindia2011) reported@lazychakrabarti @Outlook I am also facing the same issue are you going to off hotmail service in India?
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jonathan hopley (@jonathanhopley) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Microsoft @Outlook Try the following. Login using any mobile number linked to email. Instead of email address. With current password.
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Jacob Landsmeer (@jlandsme_93) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook Had this problem recently- logged me out and despite my password being correct wouldn’t let me back in. Have to use other authentication methods to get back in. Worked eventually but painful.
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Internet Politician (@NetRant1) reportedI can't believe this... @Outlook totally forgot to add an option to sign into a different email How are we supposed to change the sign in email @MicrosoftHelps
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@TylerJs981 @Outlook Still down, won’t send me a code to my mobile phone!
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Nick B. (@ThisOldNick) reported@awstar11 @Microsoft @Outlook Because deep down they know no one should use any of their products and they're subconsciously trying to drive users away? Best I got. If you figure it out let me know, been wondering this for decades.
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Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported@thefrostlord @Outlook Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password."