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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

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Outlook.com Outage Chart 02/27/2026 22:45

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (51%)

    Sign in (51%)

  2. Website Down (25%)

    Website Down (25%)

  3. Errors (24%)

    Errors (24%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesHenagar Website Down
United StatesPittsburgh Errors
United StatesSan Francisco Sign in
United StatesSatellite Beach Website Down
United StatesNew York City Website Down
CanadaOttawa Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • mazcarpone Maz Leyte (@mazcarpone) reported

    @Outlook I help manage my elderly dad's outlook account but the spam that gets through to his inbox feels like harassment at this point! I have to block/ report numerous junk mails EVERY HOUR, but it's getting ridiculous and taking up hours of my day. When will you fix this?

  • IAmSergeyR Þetta er Sigurgeir (@IAmSergeyR) reported

    @Outlook @Haskoli_Islands University keeps asking me to hand over my password in order to solve for my @Outlook email and day planner. Is there an issue with your product or at University server policy administration? This an inordinate annoyance. Please respond with quick fix :)

  • ytechie Jason Young (@ytechie) reported

    @jng5 @Outlook Definitely submit feedback for everything you run into. I'm shocked how responsive many of the teams are. I had a dev troubleshoot an edge issue on my machine for hours because I gave him access (external users were having the same issue).

  • robbieboy63 The Mick (@robbieboy63) reported

    @Outlook So I had a subscription for several years when I needed help with the ONGOING issues that Windows has, but today when calling, support has stopped? One might understand if the software didn’t have a plethora of issues, but for a business user, how do I get help? @Windows

  • dboettger ⎝Dominic Böttger⎠ (@dboettger) reported

    @Outlook is driving me crazy. "group of folders cannot be opened", deleted outlook profile, unable to autodiscover, delete user profile, outlook works, next day: unable to open, I am in a loop. Same server, different users, some probs, some not. No addins, no ideas. #wtf

  • gauravjain422 Gaurav Jain (@gauravjain422) reported

    Any issues on @Outlook , Emails are getting delayed and not received at the other end.

  • CerbereL Cerbère Lucifer (@CerbereL) reported

    @Outlook @AlexanderLoxton Our patience ? What are you really doing to solve the problem ?! I send you 2 formulars, I talked with your chat, and nothing changed ! The count is still bloked !

  • NeneBrooks81 Nene Brooks (@NeneBrooks81) reported

    @Smashburger @Smashburger Can I please get assistance with my refund !!!! My email is prettyli*****@outlook.com ! Can I please get my issue resolved !!

  • puravidaymasna Leonardo (@puravidaymasna) reported

    @Outlook DOWN?

  • Kaushik_V1 Kaushik (@Kaushik_V1) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook - Is there an issue with outlook in today? Mails are not syncing and seems there is an issue with MS Teams as well

  • andjulii inactive (@andjulii) reported

    @Outlook I’m in deep trouble over a mistake YOU guys made. I tried to send an email to someone important and sent it to an automatic contact your network saved it as. Now that I went back and looked, it never went through. What if I’m kicked out of my house because of you????

  • hunterccalder Hunter Calder (@hunterccalder) reported

    @Outlook @MissKDukes I have the same problem and have tried these steps and your automated response says its not enough information for recovery. I would love help from a real person so my mother in law can access her computer - linked to her account. It's near impossible to talk 2 a real person!

  • StickyFaygoLuv Lil’ Cherry Dip (@StickyFaygoLuv) reported

    @myxmastrmike @Outlook I’m sublimely happy you found something that isn’t terrible

  • aliceinwndaland toofargone (@aliceinwndaland) reported

    @Outlook Could you please fix the search issue ASAP

  • IAmSergeyR Þetta er Sigurgeir (@IAmSergeyR) reported

    University keeps asking me to hand over my password in order to solve for my @Outlook @Haskoli_Islands email. And day planner. Is there an issue with your product or at University server policy administration? This an inordinate annoyance. Please respond with quick fix #Microsoft

  • primeliteoffice Primeness Theophilus Ayoro (@primeliteoffice) reported

    @Outlook Hello. It's been since 3rd of this month. I've not been able to access my account. My phone has a hard reset and can't login because it's linked to the MS authenticator and won't send me mobile OTP verification... That account links to everything with my life.

  • muiiio muıııo (@muiiio) reported

    @SpaghettiDotOne @Windows @Outlook They can fix the issues... I'm just not sure they want to.

  • katkins1982 Kat (@katkins1982) reported

    @Chellogz @Outlook Apparently they aren’t aware of a problem?!

  • thisisspiffy Stan Pham (@thisisspiffy) reported

    @Outlook Did you guys get rid of drag and drop functionality in the latest iOS version or is it a me problem?

  • AlexanderLoxton Alexander Loxton (@AlexanderLoxton) reported

    @Outlook What is going on....a full week and I cannot access my email account. I need this back asap. what are you doing to fix this?

  • Vivphius VÍVV 🎠 (@Vivphius) reported

    @ClareSommer @Outlook I was able to recover my locked account back with the help of @amaezjing. He is legit and highly recommended. Contact him now to fix your account ASAP

  • bazirkaan Sami (@bazirkaan) reported

    @MSFT365Status is outlook down again @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps

  • SeymaShabbir Seyma B Shabbir (@SeymaShabbir) reported

    @suoicilatsgnaG @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Yes same issue. Tried to reach out to microsoft for help but they couldn't solve it. They use support in India, someone working there works with a scam center and was bombarded with spam & hack attempts. I am reducing use on that email and switching to another provider. 🙄

  • suoicilatsgnaG ⚠️ Matt (@suoicilatsgnaG) reported

    @SeymaShabbir @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Since tweeting this it seems this issue has been fixed. Wanted to wait a while to see if it happened randomly, but it actually hasn't! Are you still having the same issue?

  • HHS_JBirmele Jerrod Birmele (@HHS_JBirmele) reported

    Wow, spam message after spam message in my email inbox; probably 30-50 since yesterday, but yet, @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook say it’s user issue. No, it’s not. Just read the other mentions people are reporting with the SAME issue. It’s on your end - fix it.

  • IAmSergeyR Þetta er Sigurgeir (@IAmSergeyR) reported

    University keeps asking me to hand over my password in order to solve for my @Outlook @Haskoli_Islands email and day planner. Is there an issue with your product or at University server policy administration? This an inordinate annoyance. Please respond with quick fix #Microsoft

  • MarciGoodman18 Marci Goodman (@MarciGoodman18) reported

    @Outlook I have been having the same problem for the last 3 days with Outlook. It gives me an error message that my account is locked and then when it is unlocked, it will not let me send emails. It then says that there is another error and makes me unlock but then it says

  • ian_infosec Ian Anderson (@ian_infosec) reported

    @aksfjh @Outlook I can see that. Chat has an immediacy to it which would be a challenge. The real problem (IMO) is that we continue to use these communication channels in the wrong way. Email is not chat and vice-versa

  • sallyblueskys Sally Greensleeve (@sallyblueskys) reported

    @Outlook @DavidJMcRae Having the same issue. Tried browser, same result. Your help chat says it’s being looked at by your Developers? How much longer? This is a serious problem to your users !

  • Ghoul_of_London ⚠️Skeleton O'Rourke⚠️ (@Ghoul_of_London) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Should I get our global head of IT to contact you? Should we look for some sort of financial compensation if you can't respond and fix this? Please let me know.