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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.
- Sign in (66%)
- Errors (17%)
- Website Down (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Minneapolis
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
 Didcot
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Sign in | 6 hours ago |
 Brussels
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Sign in | 7 hours ago |
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Ashburn
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Errors | 17 hours ago |
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Plymouth
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Website Down | 1 day ago |
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Simpsonville
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Errors | 1 day ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported@Outlook Where’s your updated?! What is there no communication. This is not just an IOS issue. This is on desktop as well! We’re locked out!
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reportedSooo anyone else's email still down, still not allowing them to reset their password? Saying 'too many codes try again tomorrow'??? W T F!!! @Microsoft @Outlook
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@heartisgone @Outlook Yes it’s Microsoft Exchange on your phone where it says add an account choose from list the exchange instead of outlook see if it lets you login there.
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Leaves Ahead (@acetipped) reported@Outlook when are you guys going to fix this email sync outage on iPhone?
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Ad Libitum (@JSokaza) reportedThe AI bot will tell you that @Outlook know there is an issue too, so this is not new, and still not fixed. Brilliant.
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Bhavick Ricky Popat (@RickyPopat) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook What's the error message saying?
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Luke Hearns (@LHearns2) reported@RginaG @Outlook @Microsoft Yup. Same here. And all steps that some people have said fixed the issue for them, have not worked for me either.
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Gяace&Peteя♡ (@GraceJ_PeterM) reported@Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps What is taking so long?Mail app on iPhone still not working for outlook / Hotmail accounts. Asks to re-enter password put in correct password you say it’s wrong or too many times which is not right, then codes don’t come through!we need access!
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Ms.Tab00 (@MsTab00) reported@Outlook Posting while your servers are down is asinine behavior 🥴
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Gurjot S (@drewbiebertbh) reported@Outlook fix the issue pls
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Kelsey Goodwin (@kelseyg2010) reported@Outlook why am I STILL having problems on my iPhone? C'mon already. It has been a full week of this bullshit🤬
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Sarah Andrew (@SLA25) reported@Outlook when will this problem be fixed with outlook email accounts?
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DingerDegen (@TheDingerDegen) reported@Outlook can you guys get your **** together and fix the damn outlook mail?? this is insane in 2026 We can’t get into our emails? What the hell are you guys doing over there?
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Jacob McClellan (@JacobAMcClellan) reported@Outlook Fix outlook on iPhone. Been down for over 12 hours now. Worry about this other stuff after you fix existing services.
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Ms.Tab00 (@MsTab00) reported@Outlook y’all are out of line?!?!! Servers down for over 24 hours
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B. (@Drum_y) reported@Outlook hello, still not able to have access to my email. Can you fix it?
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Travis Braman (@michkid) reported@Outlook We can’t even login
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@TechWTaylor @Outlook Mine started working again this morning. I’m able to send and receive emails again. Maybe the fix is a slow roll out.
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook how am i STILL not able to access my EMAILS??? Why are your services STILL DOWN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Coming upto 48 hrs now! This is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable. #outlook #outlookdown #hotmail ******* Joke!
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Monika Mullins (@Mbratz123) reportedNot realizing @Microsoft @Outlook was down it made me verify like 20 times on my iPhone today
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David Moreno (@davmoreno) reported@Outlook Read the room. Your outage has affected millions (including myself) today. I can't tell if I have inbox overload if I can't access my inbox...
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Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported@Outlook Where’s your updated?! What is there no communication. This is not just an IOS issue. This is on desktop as well! We’re locked out!
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Shawnaleee (@y0urshawnalee) reported@MSFT365Status @Outlook @Microsoft I can’t login to my hotmail account. Not on my iPhone nor my desktop. This is a huge issue as I’ve had this email for 20+ years. When will they be resolved?
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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!!
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Mark Young (@2_youngy) reported@kaleighlynnnn @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Mine still down
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Winston Smith (@OceaniaRm101) reported@Outlook Come on guys. Mail is still not working. Down for over a day. Any idea when this will be resolved?
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Max (@Dobbie_88) reported@MSFT365Status @Outlook @MSFT365Status still not working 24 hours+ later?? It’s not fixed. I just want to be able to log into my account normally, without having to authenticate how many times I breathe per day!
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Jane Darling (@janeydarling1) reported@outlook down again? This is ridiculous
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@Drum_y @Outlook @MSFT365Status nope still down can't reset my pw
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MKM (@MKFrainMaria) reported@Outlook is there problems today? I’m not able to sign into my hotmail account or get a verification code! Been trying all day