Microsoft outage today: Is it fixed? Outlook, Teams disruptions enter second day as Detroit, Miami, Austin and Baltimore hit

Microsoft is scrambling to fix the global outage that has entered the second day, affecting services like Outlook and Teams. Microsoft said it is making “additional progress toward recovery” as a lengthy outage has left millions around the world without access to Outlook email, Teams meeting tools and other staples of modern office life. The Microsoft outage “reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour,” according to Downdetector. In the US, the House of Representatives said its engineers were working with Microsoft, and city governments nationwide reported widespread email disruptions. In the UK, a disruption to the National Health Service email system is expected to prevent some patients from getting their drug prescriptions.

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Is Microsoft outage fixed?

No, the Microsoft outage is yet to be resolved. The Microsoft 365 Status account confirmed the outage on social media, saying:


"We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas."

In a follow-up post, the company said: "We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact. We've paused all deployments, we're moving additional traffic off the affected infrastructure, and we're restarting affected servers to return them to service."

As of 5:30 a.m. ET Friday, Outlook outages continue for many users. At 5:28 a.m., the company posted an update: "Recovery actions are ongoing across affected Microsoft 365 infrastructure and progressing in phases. We're seeing incremental improvement in several workloads, but service health remains variable and capacity has not yet fully returned to baseline. To protect delayed mail, we’ve extended the email timeout window to 48 hours while queue and backlog processing continues."

Microsoft Outage Today: Detroit, Michigan offices impacted

According to CBS News, the widespread Microsoft outage has impacted government agencies and schools in Southeast Michigan. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget said the state government's email and Microsoft applications were among those affected. This includes communications from the Michigan Department of Transportation

"If you're trying to contact the City by email, please expect delays while services are affected," the City of Detroit said. "City departments will resume normal email communication once Microsoft services are restored. Thank you for your patience."

Other communities and institutions that have reported communication disruptions include the City of Brighton and City of Howell in Livingston County, Garden City in Wayne County, Monroe Public Schools in Monroe County, and Wayne State University in Detroit.

Microsoft outage today update

Microsoft Outlook has entered its second day of outages, leaving thousands of users without access to the email platform. Outlook is still down in the US, disrupting government and business operations in the United States and elsewhere.

Microsoft says it is making “additional progress toward recovery” and that traffic is “being gradually restored” as its engineers scramble to fix the worldwide outage that has left millions without the work tools they use every day.

In a statement, Microsoft said it is “seeing improvements in key scenarios, including mailbox access and delayed email processing, though some intermittent issues may continue.”

Microsoft executivesCharles Lamanna told CNN in the early hours of Friday that there is currently no indication that the outage is the result “of malicious or cyber activity.”

City governments across the United States have reported email and communication disruptions, urging residents to contact local offices and agencies by phone if they need assistance.

- Several police and sheriff's departments said the outage had affected their email and communication systems. Colorado's Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, for instance, said the disruption had delayed the processing of prisoners' bail payments.

- Email services have also been disrupted in Miami Beach, Austin and Jacksonville. However, officials assured residents that emergency services remained operational.

- In California, officials in Pasadena, Fremont, Burbank and Santa Barbara issued alerts warning residents about email service disruptions.

- Baltimore County officials said on X that government employees were unable to send or receive emails, advising residents to contact the relevant departments by phone instead.