Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and other apps for thousands of users

A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with nearly 130,000 users reporting problems accessing email and other apps. Users struggled to send and receive emails or load inboxes, with thousands also reporting issues with Teams, Copilot, and Microsoft 365. Microsoft said it was investigating and attributed connectivity errors to elevated load on its infrastructure, beginning to redistribute traffic. The company earlier said it had restored Teams issues in North America, though some users still reported problems. Microsoft did not provide further details.