Microsoft 365 outage: Outlook, Teams and Copilot leave thousands without access
An outage of Microsoft services affected thousands of users on Thursday, with access problems especially for Outlook but also for Teams, Copilot and the rest of the Microsoft 365 tools. The incident spread mainly across the Americas. In the United States, by around 13:30 Eastern Time, more than 130,000 users had reported difficulties with Outlook on Downdetector. Microsoft identified higher-than-normal load on part of its infrastructure as a possible cause and said it would redistribute traffic to restore connectivity.
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- Outlook drew most reports: more than 130,000 Downdetector notices in the United States by around 13:30 Eastern Time.
- There were also incidents in Microsoft 365 (more than 46,000 notices), Teams (about 3,000) and Copilot.
- Microsoft pointed to higher-than-normal load on part of its infrastructure as a possible origin and plans to redistribute traffic.
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