File – In this January 10, 2009 file photo, the Microsoft logo is visible in Las Vegas. Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported issues accessing and using the email platform on Monday, June 5, 2023 (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
File – In this January 10, 2009 file photo, the Microsoft logo is visible in Las Vegas. Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported issues accessing and using the email platform on Monday, June 5, 2023 (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
Washington (AP) — Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported problems accessing and using the email platform Monday morning.
Reports of outages and issues in Microsoft 365 peaked at about 18,000 shortly after 11 a.m. EST, according to outage tracker. downdetector. Reports seem to have been declining since then.
Most reports expressed problems with Outlook. Many users of Microsoft’s email platform shared their frustration on social media, with some noting that they could not log into or load their accounts.
The company said it was “investigating an issue with accessing Outlook on the web” in a Twitter thread posted to its Microsoft 365 Status account — and added that a “downstream impact” was also identified for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business.
Microsoft 365 Status later said it had “stopped the ongoing deployment and is monitoring the services to see if it provides relief to the environment.” By 12:30 PM ET, the company said it had returned the update and was seeing an improvement in service.
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