Microsoft Outage Disrupts Redlands City Hall Email Services
A Microsoft outage disrupted email services at Redlands City Hall on Thursday, affecting communication between municipal employees and residents. City officials announced the temporary unavailability of email due to the widespread Microsoft 365 service failure. The outage was part of a broader national disruption impacting businesses and organizations, including other California city halls. Redlands officials advised residents to call municipal departments directly until service is restored, with phone numbers available on the city's website, and reminded them to call 911 for emergencies. Downdetector recorded over 130,000 reports of Outlook problems and 46,000 for Microsoft 365 by late Thursday morning. Microsoft acknowledged connectivity issues with Exchange Online, stating servers failed automated health checks, and engineers were working to restore service with no definitive timetable announced.