Microsoft experiences widespread outages affecting Outlook and other services
A widespread outage affected Microsoft platforms including Outlook and Teams on Thursday. Microsoft identified connectivity errors in its Exchange Online infrastructure caused by elevated load across several regions. The company addressed the disruption by redistributing traffic and restarting servers.
- A widespread outage affected Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday.
- Nearly 130,000 users reported problems accessing Outlook on Downdetector around midday.
- Microsoft later explained that elevated load was likely contributing to connectivity errors.
- OpenAI said it was investigating an issue with Microsoft connectors.
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