Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, and 365 services

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A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, disrupting email access for many users and causing errors across the company's app suite. Nearly 130,000 users reported problems on Downdetector around 1 p.m. ET, with issues sending and receiving emails or loading inboxes. Thousands also reported trouble with Teams, Copilot, and Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft said it was investigating disruptions, citing "elevated load" and servers failing during automated checks. The company was testing a fix and said it had restored some Teams issues in North America, though connectivity problems persisted.


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