{"id":634319,"date":"2026-04-28T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:49:11","slug":"is-microsoft-outlook-down-latest-on-the-outage-impacting-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634319\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Microsoft Outlook down? Latest on the outage impacting thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Having trouble accessing your emails this Monday morning? You&#8217;re not alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Microsoft Outlook users started experiencing outages as early as 4 a.m. ET on Monday, April 27, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/outlook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:according to the online tracker Downdetector;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to the online tracker Downdetector<\/a>. While reports of disrupted service were still flowing to the tune of 1,350 as of 12:45 p.m. ET, peaks occurred at around 10 and 11:00 a.m., during which 1,480 and 1,516 users documented issues, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Microsoft <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MSFT365Status\/status\/2048708708142555450?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:confirmed;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">confirmed<\/a> the outages in a statement on its X account around 6:20 a.m. ET, saying it was &#8220;investigating an issue where users may be experiencing intermittent issues accessing http:\/\/Outlook.com.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/status.cloud.microsoft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:last update issued;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">last update issued<\/a> on the social media site at 9:37 a.m., Microsoft said it had &#8220;identified an unexpected increase in error rates affecting two separate error scenarios.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We suspect this may be contributing to creating impact, and we&#8217;re conducting additional analysis to confirm this,&#8221; the company added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of 12:45 p.m. ET, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/status.cloud.microsoft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Microsoft&#039;s status page noted;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Microsoft&#8217;s status page noted<\/a> Outlook was continuing to be impacted by &#8220;service degradation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story will be updated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2026\/04\/27\/microsoft-outlook-down-outage\/89820410007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Is Outlook down? Microsoft confirms issues for some users;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is Outlook down? Microsoft confirms issues for some users<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having trouble accessing your emails this Monday morning? You&#8217;re not alone. 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