On March 1, 2025, Microsoft Outlook experienced a significant global outage, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to access their email accounts. The disruption began around 3:30 p.m. EST, with reports peaking at over 37,000 users affected. (cnn.com)
The outage was not limited to Outlook...
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Here’s a summary of what we know so far about the Microsoft Outlook outage, based on the Forbes report:
What’s Happening?
Users are reporting they can’t access Outlook, Outlook.live, or Hotmail services.
Affected users are encountering a “500 Internal Server Error” when trying to connect to...
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