
Yes, Microsoft Outlook did experience a significant global outage starting on Wednesday night, July 9, 2025, and continuing into Thursday morning, July 10, 2025. Thousands—if not millions—of users worldwide reported being unable to access their Outlook email accounts, with issues affecting inbox loading, signing in, and cross-platform access (desktop, web, and mobile apps).
Microsoft acknowledged the disruption on their official Microsoft 365 Status page and indicated they were working on deploying a fix. The company encountered issues with its initial fix, corrected it, and continued to redeploy the solution under close monitoring.
Key details:
- Outage began July 9, 2025, around 10:20 PM UTC.
- Users faced “Something went wrong” error messages; emails, calendars, and contacts were inaccessible.
- Issue was confirmed both by Microsoft and by large outage trackers like Downdetector.
- The outage marked one of the longest disruptions for Outlook in recent years, impacting both individual and business users globally .
Source: Al Arabiya English Is outlook down? Thousands of users report issues accessing their email