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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.

Outlook.com Outage Chart 03/23/2026 23:40

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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 (52%)

    Sign in (52%)

  2. Errors (24%)

    Errors (24%)

  3. Website Down (24%)

    Website Down (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 StatesMemphis Errors
United StatesSt. Louis Website Down
RussiaInta Sign in
United KingdomLiverpool Sign in
FranceQuimper Website Down
United StatesMontebello Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • CaliGirl_31 TS (@CaliGirl_31) reported

    @Outlook Worldwide email outage 12 hrs now! Continued prompts to login - not saving password then locked out. Insane a billion company cannot release a statement sooner or have competent ppl working for you to prevent this from happening what every few months WTF!

  • die_viper Die Viper (@die_viper) reported

    @MSFT365Status @Outlook Still down...

  • kairon_villa Kairon (@kairon_villa) reported

    @Outlook Hey, when will the issue be fixed?

  • Bella_Astro ✨Claire-a-bella✨ (@Bella_Astro) reported

    @Kevin_T21 @Outlook I still can't access my emails, mine also says, 'server is down'. It's very frustrating.

  • PabloRocket666 Pablo666 (@PabloRocket666) reported

    Im curious to see how many users will switch from @Microsoft @Outlook after this #outage To be completely honest i believe they deserve to lose thousands. The handling of the entire #outlookoutage by #microsoft is pathetic

  • BodaciousGerm41 Preston Ireland (@BodaciousGerm41) reported

    @Outlook how long can we expect servers to be down?

  • fanielagh ✶ dani ✶ (@fanielagh) reported

    @Outlook FIX YOUR SERVICE!!! Outlook has been down ALL DAY and I need to send some work emails ASAP!!!!

  • mybusinesswebsp Edwin De Jesus (@mybusinesswebsp) reported

    @MSFT365Status @Outlook Looks like the to-do app is not working as well

  • keldaaa KM🍹 (@keldaaa) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps any news on how long personal outlook / hotmail will be down for ?? What’s going on

  • Mathieuverh Mathieu Verhaegen (@Mathieuverh) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook down for almost a day and no communication from them. Absolutely unacceptable. Guess I'll have to switch/redirect to Gmail after all.

  • itsjustJanC 𝒥𝒶𝓃 (@itsjustJanC) reported

    @Outlook How much longer is this issue going to take? I was waiting for an important email! 😭

  • LarryClarkIII LCXiao3 (@LarryClarkIII) reported

    @Outlook Gotta fix Hotmail

  • khokhee23 robert san 🇨🇦 (@khokhee23) reported

    @Outlook @grok why today my outlook account is not working not receiving emails or sending

  • Kezi4Kerry Kerry Loosemore (@Kezi4Kerry) reported

    @MSFT365Status @Outlook Still not working

  • selenaddictx m (@selenaddictx) reported

    @Outlook any idea when the issue with outlook/hotmail is going to be resolved? I don't see any new update on the link you posted

  • PabloRocket666 Pablo666 (@PabloRocket666) reported

    @vgyr789 @Microsoft @Outlook Ive been using gmail as my backup account for at least 2 years. I’ve never had any issues

  • jdawgholland Fed Up American (@jdawgholland) reported

    @thismomsguide @Outlook Outlook has been down since last night. I'm still having issues as well.

  • NupeKeem NupeKeem 🫡 (@NupeKeem) reported

    @Outlook you all fix your issue yet?

  • biswajitroy2009 Biswajit Roy 🇮🇳 (@biswajitroy2009) reported

    @MSFT365Status @Outlook Outlook still down at 21:47 HRS IST. How long will it take to fix?

  • Ashzaar ASh zAAr (@Ashzaar) reported

    @Outlook is it Hotmail server is down?

  • sheritzy Shez (@sheritzy) reported

    Is @Outlook down because I can't access any of my emails

  • Br_NFFC Brad_NFFC (@Br_NFFC) reported

    @Outlook why can't you say a thing about servers being down? At leaat give us a reason or an estimated timeframe.

  • mzshequera .. (@mzshequera) reported

    @Outlook Any idea when this will be fix ?

  • IliyaKwoji Iliya Kwoji (@IliyaKwoji) reported

    @Outlook @CJMEsq1 For how long will this issue persist? I was unable to access my hotmail since morning. This is so frustrating.

  • lisamaccers Lisa mac (@lisamaccers) reported

    @Mathieuverh @Microsoft @Outlook How do you re direct to another server ? I tried but said sent an email to outlook and can’t access it 😩

  • MichaelAntonuc4 Michael Antonucci (@MichaelAntonuc4) reported

    @MSFT365Status @Outlook Is anyone emails are not working I am frustrated not getting emails

  • ufukdikerr Ufuk D. (@ufukdikerr) reported

    @Outlook I cannot get into my Hotmail account!! It keeps giving errors. When will it be fixed?

  • fanielagh ✶ dani ✶ (@fanielagh) reported

    @Dee_0702 @CJMEsq1 @Outlook Nope. Still down for me as well

  • Ashzaar ASh zAAr (@Ashzaar) reported

    @Outlook why i am having 401 error authentication failed try again?

  • JamesAu40196053 James Austin aka Jurgen Klingemann (@JamesAu40196053) reported

    @Outlook Updated outlook and now can't access server WTF is going on?