Microsoft Outlook is down

<figure> <img alt="Microsoft Outlook app icon on a black background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/STK153_MICROSOFT_OUTLOOK_B_66565e.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over the last hour or so, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue <a href="https://x.com/MSFT365Status/status/2120948642991182117">from its Microsoft 365 Status account</a>, saying that "We've determined a portion of infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which is likely contributing to the connectivity errors."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">There were also some reports of problems with Teams, but most of the people reporting issues say Teams is still working now.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now <a href="https://status.cloud.microsoft/">Microsoft says</a>:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We've completed redistributing connection traffic across our worldwide infrastructure, and we're moving ad …</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1032226/microsoft-outlook-is-down">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>