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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.

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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.

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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 52% Sign in (52%)
  • 24% Errors (24%)
  • 24% Website Down (24%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Fort Worth Sign in 6 hours ago
Scottsdale Errors 6 hours ago
Ciudad Obregón Sign in 7 hours ago
Nashville Errors 7 hours ago
Baltimore Sign in 8 hours ago
Irvine Errors 8 hours ago
Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • CharlieStaceyUK
    Charlie Stacey (They /Them) (@CharlieStaceyUK) reported

    @Outlook I’m a sole global admin fully locked out of my business account. The phone number allocated to my case has issues receiving calls. I desperately need this sorted so I can work. Is there anything more I can do, at the very least to change the phone number?

  • RossBarker79
    Ross Barker (@RossBarker79) reported

    @Outlook why is it no longer possible to communicate with a human on live chat or a telephone? You ai is horrific and cannot solve issues

  • spangger
    gee spang (@spangger) reported

    @Outlook How neat! Pity you CC and BCC lines are totally fvcking broken in the Android app and just do totally random auto populates and overwrites. #techGarbage

  • frozentimephoto
    frozentimephoto (@frozentimephoto) reported

    Hey @Outlook can you fix your App so it works like it used to…..

  • gfx_mahmoud
    Mahmoud Hilal (@gfx_mahmoud) reported

    am facing an issue with @Microsoft @Outlook locked out from my email no way to FIX IT !

  • xbonz08
    H_O_ward (@xbonz08) reported

    @Outlook Dear Microsoft. Your Outlook email program is performing beyond all expectations. I'm down to 50 spam emails a day. Thanks for the bang-up you do on eliminating spam.

  • nhrdev
    Nowshad Hossain Rahat (@nhrdev) reported

    @mdnlabs login to @Outlook :/ even valid 2FA methods stops working

  • _mape88
    Ma🇧🇷 Pē (@_mape88) reported

    @Outlook The site is down. We've decided we're a terrible company and we don't work nights. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

  • F19ADH
    Andrew Hopkins (@F19ADH) reported

    I see @Microsoft @Outlook must have had another issue/breakdown in spam filters as their service becomes completely unusable for me AGAIN! Multiple copies of emails getting through. As you scan every email how can you not detect spam contents that match deluges of reports to you?

  • axlzero666
    Old Man Axlzero (@axlzero666) reported

    @Outlook do you idiots have any idea how ******* broken your customer support system is it does nothing to help customers your menus run people around in circles on the phone and leads to disconnected number you can access online chat support and if someone steals your email you

  • AlisonWagstaff3
    Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported

    @Outlook I'm absolutely sick and tired of you. My email access has gone from eady and with no problems to waiting for access, also getting locked in having to restart my phone. It's an absolute pain I hate the ads which were bad enough on unfocused, but now on focused too

  • DNsiyona
    David Nsiyona (ↁαŁε) (@DNsiyona) reported

    Lose the phone with your authentication app and you're in for the ride trying to login to your account! Many codes sent today mbu try again tomorrow @Microsoft @Outlook

  • heylee824
    mother lee. (@heylee824) reported

    the search bar is not working the way it should @Outlook 😔

  • farrellshawnp
    Shawn Farrell (@farrellshawnp) reported

    .@Microsoft .@Outlook hold notices from a public library shouldn't be the innocent targets of your rate limiting. Please fix this!

  • Amesyyyy
    Rhys Ames (@Amesyyyy) reported

    @Outlook Hey! Looking for help with account recovery as the automated recovery keeps failing me. I made a hotmail 15+ years ago for my BNET account which was only ever used for that. its been hacked and whoever hacked it has locked it down so ive lost my WoW account as a result

  • Ayoosh284
    Ayah 𓂆 (@Ayoosh284) reported

    @AzizSafi17 @Outlook I have the same issue it started on Feb the 7th

  • VolatileAmine
    FallingDebris (@VolatileAmine) reported

    @Outlook you’d think your server could block phishing emails. FFS, the floodgate is open.

  • gmehaffy
    Gary Mehaffy (@gmehaffy) reported

    Is @Outlook down again? Having major issues on every device for hours

  • jeremywhiteley
    Jeremy Whiteley (@jeremywhiteley) reported

    @Outlook when are you going to fix copilot for outlook for the Mac? Most of time copilot menu disappears when creating an email. It’s useless. @MS_OutlookMac @Copilot

  • TD2timeMVP
    Daniel Burapavong (@TD2timeMVP) reported from City of Atlanta, Georgia

    Tried the new Outlook app on Windows 11 for a few weeks and reverted back to classic cause of weird email formatting issues. In replies, my emails were returned all stretched out and looked out of whack. @Microsoft @Outlook @Windows

  • 1BOMBDIGGITYBOO
    M$. FIT (@1BOMBDIGGITYBOO) reported

    My reminders ain’t reminding. Fix it! @Outlook

  • xJoeyxKnucklesx
    JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported

    @sh69147 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me

  • AlisonWagstaff3
    Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported

    @Outlook how come outlook is so awful having taken over Hotmail. It's slow, it's layout is terrible. I absolutely hate it!!

  • emjrabbitwolf
    em-j rabbitwolf (@emjrabbitwolf) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook I’m currently suffering ffrom being unable to access your consumer products ie hotmail (now Outlook) email accounts via the web. No, I don’t use the apps for health reasons. I can’t sign in to any of my UK based accounts at all! Help great appreciated.

  • nkk8314
    nkk501 (@nkk8314) reported

    @Outlook could you please help me with my email address. I am unable to login and it is saying I am blocked due to not enough verification

  • srijansen39
    Roni (@srijansen39) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Hi Microsoft/Outlook team, I recently created a Microsoft account and got an @outlook.com email by default. But every email I send to Gmail addresses lands in the recipient's Spam folder, so they never see it. This is causing major inconvenience— Fix this

  • janefedupwitho2
    j (@janefedupwitho2) reported

    @Outlook I cannot access any of my outlook accounts! Is there an issue?

  • Howlett_James_
    James Howlett (@Howlett_James_) reported

    @outlook stop asking me to try the New Outlook .. i don’t want too .. its terrible. #microsoft #outlook #m365

  • xJoeyxKnucklesx
    JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported

    @Anita52174838 @NikhilB27505303 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me

  • mdnlabs
    Marshall (@mdnlabs) reported

    @nhrdev @Outlook Honestly outlook might be #1. Haven't had much problems with it recently