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Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, errors and website down.

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Outlook.com is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services from Microsoft. One of the world's first webmail services, it was founded in 1996 as Hotmail.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Outlook.com reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

May 17: Problems at Outlook.com

Outlook.com is having issues since 12:20 AM AEST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.

  • 68% Sign in (68%)
  • 16% Errors (16%)
  • 16% Website Down (16%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Weston-super-Mare Errors 14 minutes ago
Philadelphia Errors 16 minutes ago
Liverpool Sign in 2 hours ago
Lausanne Sign in 5 hours ago
Arlington Errors 8 hours ago
Beaucaire Sign in 17 hours ago
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Community Discussion

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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MrJoeRobinson
    Joe Robinson (@MrJoeRobinson) reported

    Anyone else having trouble getting into outlook / hotmail? Tried everything to sending links to other emails to recover email address but no luck. Anyone help? @outlook @Microsoft #hotmail #outlook

  • valle_emma61666
    Emmanuel Valle (@valle_emma61666) reported

    @simoncarrington @Outlook Yep. Skip the form loop and call support or use account recovery from a device he’s used before, same wifi helps a lot. I heard about Fomr and lol even free form tools feel less broken than Outlook’s mess

  • Kareem1702
    Kareem (@Kareem1702) reported

    @KyleDavey86 @Outlook @KyleDavey86 Were you able to fix this? I had the exact same issue with the robot and now I can’t even get that far anymore

  • KueddeR
    NewsMän (@KueddeR) reported

    @MauricioHunt2 @Outlook I'm having the same problem. Four emails I sent to Hotmail in the last few hours were bounced back.

  • vkfzr
    Dr. Vishal Kumar (@vkfzr) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m unable to access my email account due to issues with two-step verification. The SMS authentication service is not working & I no longer have access to Authenticator app after resetting my device.This has locked me out of my A/c despite genuine user.

  • ekhcchi
    cdkcy (@ekhcchi) reported

    @Outlook Idk maybe let me sign in so I can check

  • erickacevedor
    Erick (@erickacevedor) reported

    I love (not really) how I need to login each time on outlook web. I mean, each freaking time man @Outlook -- you're a 3.19 TRILLION USD company, I think wont be difficult to fix something like this.

  • GunnerJustine
    Justine Gunner (@GunnerJustine) reported

    @Outlook the iPhone app keeps logging me out and won’t let me sign in. I’m not getting sent any codes through to my mobile, to prove who I am. But I can log in using a web browser?

  • gruntjeeper
    John (@gruntjeeper) reported

    @Outlook It’s still ****** up. Fix this **** ya mfers.

  • rebecca_dray_
    Bex (@rebecca_dray_) reported

    @TyredMark @Microsoft @Outlook Yep I’m having the same issue

  • soxxylady
    Shaz 🦋 (@soxxylady) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook SORT THE MAIL APP OUT. IM NOT UPDATING MY PHONE JUST TO RECEIVE EMAILS. IVE LOST ALL MY IMPORTANT WORK EMAILS AS THEY ARE BLANK ON ALL OF THEM. SIGN IN STILL NOT WORKING ETC ETC. YOU BASTARDS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

  • Jack_the_westi
    SpongeBob (@Jack_the_westi) reported

    @TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook I had the same problem a while ago, absolutely impossible to speak to a human at Microsoft to get support, finally I switched to Gmail, caused a lot of disruption because my old Hotmail is used to verify loads of passwords, annoyingly I keep getting reminders to log into Hotmail

  • SimonFearing
    Simon (@SimonFearing) reported

    @Outlook could somebody help me with signing in to email problems plz

  • KitOldfield
    Kit Oldfield (@KitOldfield) reported

    @Outlook please fix the text messaging on 2 step verification. Can’t access my email otherwise

  • EMANONF1
    TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported

    @Outlook Still down here in the uk, outrageous service. Please send to my mobile a code !!! That’s all I need.

  • Wildlvl
    Wild (@Wildlvl) reported

    @Outlook WHAT ARE YOU DOING???! WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO FIX THE ISSUE!! MY WORK DEPENDS ON IT

  • b_ookish
    ⋆˚࿔ leti 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ (@b_ookish) reported

    @Outlook hey a whole day and we still cant log in with iphone. fix your ****.

  • DRichards25
    Darren Richards (@DRichards25) reported

    @Outlook Hi there,my mother got kicked out of her outlook yesterday bc of the outage,now she can’t get back into it bc the # on the account,she no longer has,so she can’t receive the code,help pls!

  • RickyPopat
    Bhavick Ricky Popat (@RickyPopat) reported

    @TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook What's the error message saying?

  • Cwalker6033
    Chris Walker (@Cwalker6033) reported

    @Outlook please fix the issue, cannot log into my account, cannot reset my password, cannot speak to anyone at Microsoft. Poor support for a paid service!

  • Gem83Col
    Gemma Collins (@Gem83Col) reported

    @Outlook @Microsoft How much longer until the issue is resolved? I’ve not had access to my emails since yesterday morning. Absolutely ridiculous!!

  • kaleighlynnnn
    Kal (@kaleighlynnnn) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook email has been down for 24 hours! Asks for phone number then says that service isn't working right now. No other way to verify. help???

  • EMANONF1
    TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported

    @Outlook Email still down here in the UK. How can I work like this?

  • dyspocito
    Dyspocito / dyspocito.bsky.social (@dyspocito) reported

    So I’m just completely locked out of my @Outlook account with no possible way to login.

  • bennythejet_55
    BennyTheJet✈️ (@bennythejet_55) reported

    @Outlook How about fix your ****** platform smh. Have had nothing but issues for 2 straight days. Can barely work because it doesn’t load worth a ****. Check connection with ISP. All good. You gonna reimburse everyone for these disruptions. It’s a joke at this punt

  • novella_ellaa
    CaribbeanCocktail♡ (@novella_ellaa) reported

    @Outlook Hello hi… I can’t access personal or work emails at the moment. FIX IT please

  • Stewmeak
    Stewart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported

    @Outlook How is your app so terrible and preventing junk/phishing emails going into peoples main inbox? Useless and the worst at it. You must be making something from it.

  • Wildlvl
    Wild (@Wildlvl) reported

    @Outlook @simoncarrington @Outlook i have been messaging you for the same damn problem and you havnt answered in 2 days

  • hyperactve
    Tariq Ponir (@hyperactve) reported

    Microsoft @Outlook is beyond broken. I accidentally wrote a wrong email ID (external) which failed to deliver. Now, I am trying to send it to the correct id, but outlook keeps "correcting" me to the wrong one. No intuitive way to bypass this. This has to be a joke or something.

  • simoncarrington
    Si Carrington ™️ 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪 (@simoncarrington) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps I need an email address for an elderly friend of mine who has issues with his email. He cant access it and he has important documents on from his Wife who passed away years ago. I cant direct mail you on here. Can you help please?? @Outlook @Microsoft