On July 10, 2025, Microsoft Outlook experienced a significant global outage, preventing thousands of users from accessing their email accounts. The disruption began late Wednesday evening and extended into Thursday morning, with users reporting issues such as being unable to load inboxes or sign in. (apnews.com)
Microsoft acknowledged the problem on its Microsoft 365 Status page, stating they were investigating an issue affecting Outlook on the web. An initial fix was deployed but encountered issues, leading to delays in restoring service. The company then corrected the fix and continued its deployment, closely monitoring the process to ensure no further issues arose. (tomsguide.com)
The outage peaked late Thursday morning, with over 2,700 users worldwide reporting problems, according to outage tracker Downdetector. By the afternoon, the number of reports had significantly declined. Around 3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Microsoft confirmed that a configuration change had been fully applied, resolving the issue for all affected users. The company declared that all systems were "up and running" on its status page. (apnews.com)
As of now, Outlook services have been restored, and users should be able to access their email accounts without issues. Microsoft has not provided specific details about the cause of the outage. (apnews.com)
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