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Microsoft’s Outlook email service suffered a massive outage Wednesday, affecting users across north America and potentially other regions. Microsoft says it is investigating reports of widespread outages affecting Outlook email and other services that offered through its 365 platform. Covered by 18 outlets: 3 lean left, 8 are centre, 2 lean right, 5 are not rated.

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  1. Mobilesyrup Center Factuality: Mostly factual CA
    Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook, Teams and more

    A major Microsoft outage has left several of the company’s apps out of service. On Downdetector, more than 140,000 North American users have reported issues with Outlook alone, with many other users noting difficulties with other Microsoft services like Teams and Copilot. In...

  2. Pcworld Center Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Outlook’s outage may be cascading across the internet, users report

    Microsoft reported problems with its internet services, including Outlook, beginning midday on Thursday. However, users began reporting that other services may be affected as well. Originally, the outages seemed to be confined to Microsoft’s services, as users immediately...

  3. WIRED Leans left Factuality: High US
    Major Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves People With Email Jobs Unable to Email

    Microsoft says its systems are experiencing “elevated loads” as the company races to end an outage impacting its business and enterprise customers.

  4. Howtogeek No political lean US
    Microsoft Outlook outage leaves thousands struggling to access their email

    Thousands report Outlook problems as Microsoft investigates service disruption.

  5. ABC News (US) Leans left Factuality: High US
    Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email

    Microsoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams.

  6. ABC News (Australia) Center Factuality: Very high AU
    Breaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlook

    A widespread outage has hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps.

  7. Zero Hedge Right Factuality: Low US
    Microsoft Hit By Massive Outage, Scrambles To Reroute Traffic Worldwide

    Microsoft Hit By Massive Outage, Scrambles To Reroute Traffic Worldwide Microsoft 365 Status reports that users are experiencing disruptions and/or outages when accessing Exchange Online mailboxes and other products across the Americas. We're investigating reports of users...

    Low reliability sourceElevated risk
  8. Engadget Center Factuality: High US
    Multiple Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an outage

    Outlook and Teams are among the platforms impacted by "elevated load" issues.

  9. Winnipegfreepress Center Factuality: Mostly factual CA
    Is Outlook down? Yes: Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps
  10. Global News Center Factuality: High CA
    A Microsoft 365 outage is hitting users in regions around the world

    More than a hundred thousand users are reporting issues with Microsoft systems as the company says it is working to address the problems being seen around the world.

  11. The Verge Leans left Factuality: High US
    Microsoft Outlook is down

    Over the last hour or so, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue from its Microsoft 365 Status account, saying that "We've determined a portion of...

  12. Times of India Center Factuality: Mostly factual IN
    Microsoft Outlook Outage: Is email client down? Here's issues, regions, error message, Downdetector data and Microsoft statement

    Microsoft Outlook users have reported an outage on Thursday. Thousands of users have been facing issues with their email accounts. Downdetector has shown that over 65,000 outage reports have been made. People have been reporting empty inboxes, frozen screens and a 'Failed to...

  13. Techradar No political lean US
    Microsoft Outlook is down for many: Here's what we know

    Microsoft's popular suite of online services is apparently down

  14. Breitbart News Right Factuality: Mixed US
    Microsoft Outlook Is Down for People Throughout the Country

    Microsoft Outlook is suffering a significant outage on Thursday, with users around the country reporting they can't access their email accounts and related services.

    Mixed reliabilityElevated risk
  15. Manchestereveningnews Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Microsoft confirms outage as thousands of Outlook users report problems

    Some users are being met with a ‘Failed to fetch’ error

  16. Reddit Leans left Factuality: Mixed US
    Thousands of users reporting issues with Microsoft Outlook, 365

    submitted by /u/The_Virus360 [link] [comments]

    Mixed reliability
  17. News Center Factuality: Mostly factual IN
    Microsoft confirms Outlook outage affecting users worldwide - Gulf Coast News and Weather

    Microsoft confirms Outlook outage affecting users worldwide Gulf Coast News and Weather Microsoft Outlook Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows GV Wire Microsoft outage: Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, Copilot all impacted Mashable Microsoft’s Outlook email hit by...

  18. Variety Leans left Factuality: High US
    Outlook Outage: Microsoft’s Email Service Goes Down Nationwide

    Microsoft’s Outlook email service suffered a massive outage Wednesday, affecting users across north America and potentially other regions. “We’re investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the...

  19. Deadline Center Factuality: High US
    Microsoft Outlook Goes Down In 365 Outage, Paralyzing Business Communication

    Microsoft says it is investigating reports of widespread outages affecting Outlook email and other services that offered through its 365 platform. The tech giant issued a string of social media posts acknowledging that users had reported issues with access. Outlook as a...

  20. KCPQ Not rated US
    Microsoft Outlook down: Widespread outage hits users nationwide

    Microsoft users across the country reported connection issues in their Outlook mailboxes Thursday morning. Here's what we know.

  21. WIVB-TV Not rated US
    Is Microsoft Outlook down? Company confirms 'issues' with email accounts

    Tens of thousands of Microsoft users reported issues with their Outlook email functionality on Thursday, with Microsoft soon confirming service outages across the Americas.

  22. Daily Mail Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Outlook 'is down': Thousands of users report website, login and app issues

    Microsoft Outlook has been hit by a major outage, leaving tens of thousands of users struggling to access their emails.

  23. Google News Center Factuality: High US
    Is Microsoft Outlook down? Company investigates error reports from users - NBC 5 Chicago

    Is Microsoft Outlook down? Company investigates error reports from users NBC 5 Chicago Microsoft Outlook Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows GV Wire Thousands report outage with Microsoft Outlook and 365: Downdetector PIX11 Outlook outages reported in Los Angeles...

  24. Hindustan Times Center Factuality: High IN
    Microsoft outage: Users report issues with Outlook, Microsoft 365, Store and other apps

    Microsoft users across the Americas reported problems accessing Outlook and other services.

  25. WSNS-TV Not rated US
    Are there flaws with Microsoft Outlook? The company investigates user error reports

    Translated ¿Hay fallas con Microsoft Outlook? La empresa investiga reportes de errores de los usuarios

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