Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams for thousands of users

Microsoft experienced a widespread outage on Thursday, disrupting access to Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services for many users, with nearly 130,000 reports of issues with the email platform. Microsoft said it was investigating disruptions, attributing the problems to elevated load on its infrastructure and servers that failed during automated health checks. The company was testing a fix and rolling out an alternative method for these checks to restore service. The outage affected users primarily in the Americas, with thousands also reporting issues with Teams, Copilot, and other services. Microsoft said it had successfully restored some Teams problems in North America, though connectivity issues persisted for some users.