The ongoing Microsoft Outlook outage has left many users locked out of their accounts. This incident began early Tuesday, around 4 a.m. ET. Users reported various issues, including unexpected sign-outs and ‘too many requests’ errors.
Microsoft confirmed the outages on its X account around 6:20 a.m. ET. By midday, Downdetector reported a peak of 1,516 user error reports at approximately 11:00 a.m. ET. As of 12:45 p.m., Microsoft’s status page noted ongoing service degradation for Outlook.
In response to the situation, Microsoft announced it would roll back a previous update that may have contributed to the bug. “We’ve discovered some users may experience intermittent sign-in failures,” the company stated.
Experts suggest that these outages can significantly impact productivity for businesses relying on Microsoft 365. However, Microsoft has not disclosed the number of affected users or the root cause of the outage.
As users continue to face difficulties accessing their emails, Microsoft is investigating the cause of these sign-in issues. The company is analyzing customer reports and monitoring service telemetry closely.
This is not the first time Microsoft Outlook has faced such challenges; another outage occurred in January. Yet, the current disruption seems to be more widespread.
In parallel, Microsoft is working diligently to resolve the issues while keeping users informed through updates on its status account.
The situation remains fluid as Microsoft continues its investigation and remediation efforts.