Microsoft Outlook down? Downdetector shows over 129,000 error reports as Outlook, Teams and Copilot services face disruptions. Here's how to fix issues

Microsoft Outlook down today? Microsoft Outlook is facing several issues today as thousands of users are unable to access their email accounts and other Microsoft services. Users have been unable to open their inboxes, screens have frozen and emails are not being sent. Some users have also reported the 'Failed to fetch' error. Microsoft have confirmed they are looking into issues with Exchange Online mailboxes in the Americas. They have also warned that Microsoft 365 may be impacted globally.

Microsoft 365 Outage today: Outlook, Teams and Copilot services face disruptions

Microsoft Outlook users are facing issues this morning. Downdetector has reported that the users in the US and the UK are worst hit. There were also issues with Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Microsoft Store and OneDrive.

Is Microsoft Outlook down right now? Users report email outage and login issues

Users are reporting a range of issues with Outlook and other Microsoft services. One error users are reporting is 'Failed to fetch'.

Other issues users are reporting are:

Empty inboxes and being unable to open emails.

Emails not being sent.

Frozen screens.

Multiple error codes.

Unable to connect to Microsoft services.

Microsoft Outlook Not Working: Email loading problems, server errors and sign-in issues

Microsoft have confirmed they are looking into issues with connecting to Exchange Online mailboxes using multiple connection methods in the Americas. The incident has been given the reference number EX1550543 by Microsoft Office. They later confirmed that this could impact Microsoft 365 globally.

Microsoft have said they are working to reduce the impact and will provide more information via the Microsoft 365 admin centre.

Microsoft Outlook Outage status: What Downdetector and Microsoft Service Status show?

More than 129,000 error reports had been registered with Downdetector as of 1:09 p.m. ET.

How to fix the issues with Microsoft Outlook?

Microsoft have not confirmed when the services will be back up and running. They are looking into the cause of the issues and working to reduce the impact.

In the mean time you can try:

• Refreshing the Outlook website.
• Checking your internet connection.
• Opening Outlook in a different browser.
• Restarting the Outlook application.

This may help with any individual issues you are having but won’t fix the outage caused by Microsoft’s servers.