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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 (67%)
- Website Down (17%)
- Errors (16%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 8 hours ago |
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Sign in | 13 hours ago |
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Leeora (@LeeoraEl) reported@nikitheshrimper @Outlook 1/2 Had the same issue all day. Still have issues but my emails are slowly loading. I deleted mail, hard rested the IPhone. Reinstall mail with the OUTLOOK option. Did password reset. Logged in with new password, let mail fetch every 30 minutes, slowly I’m getting my emails.
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Gemma King (@GemMcKing) reported@Alison_53 @Microsoft @Outlook Same if not longer 😩😡 I think it’s such a big issue but they are not communicating to us all 😩
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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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maximus (@craigmaxmus) reported@Outlook what is the issue with outlook email on apple devices . We ca not sign in to email ?
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Kit Oldfield (@KitOldfield) reported@Outlook please fix the text messaging on 2 step verification. Can’t access my email otherwise
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Naomi (@bluenaomi) reported@Outlook For2 I have been locked out of my emails, despite filling out forms many times over. I filled in all the details you asked for many times. I do NOT have a number you can text me on because I am using a different sim on vacation. So just fix it. This is terrible service
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RAV3N9999 (@rav3n9999) reported@StockMKTNewz @Outlook just have the worse downtime yesterday that constraint access for millions hotmail and outlook ios users. It has been >24hrs and the access issue has NOT been resolved. Installing AI agent should not be their priority for right now. They should focus on restoring access for their users first!
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CODY RICHARDSON (@blkcapholdings) reported@Outlook Clearly the fix isn’t fixed. Test first, not last.
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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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Ellie Harris (@ellieeeharris) reported@Outlook how is outlook still down!! I haven’t been able to get onto my emails for a couple of days now. Help!!
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Shaz 🦋 (@soxxylady) reported@Outlook WHY ******** HAVE YOU NOT SORTED THE MAIL APP YET. STILL NOT WORKING OR LETTING ME SIGN IN 😡😡😡😡😡 incompetent pricks. My personal work emails are on there and needed 😡😡😡😡😡😡
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K Grimsley (@KazzaGrims) reported@Outlook two step verification not working. I cannot wait 24hrs for a reset on emails and typical no human contact to help 🙄
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cdkcy (@ekhcchi) reported@Outlook Idk maybe let me sign in so I can check
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Simon Ward (@SimonJWard93) reported@Outlook Fix it. It’s getting stupid now. At least give communication you are aware and looking into the issue?
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Kiera (@kiera34670) reported@Outlook I have had no access to my emails for 3 days now, I have tried from my phone, I have tried from my laptop nothing is working. When you google the outage it says that the issue has been resolved. Please can someone help me. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Dr. Vishal Kumar (@vkfzr) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m unable to access my email account due to issues with two-step verification. The SMS authentication service is not working & I no longer have access to Authenticator app after resetting my device.This has locked me out of my A/c despite genuine user.
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Wild (@Wildlvl) reported@Outlook WHAT ARE YOU DOING???! WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO FIX THE ISSUE!! MY WORK DEPENDS ON IT
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K2 (@whatbluecheck) reported@Outlook Hotmail access has become impossible. With password "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password." and then with phone verification "That verification method isn't working right now." What the hell Microsoft??? Locked out of emails for a couple of weeks now.
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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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John (@gruntjeeper) reported@Outlook It’s still ****** up. Fix this **** ya mfers.
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Helen Clare (@HelenClarex) reported@Outlook haven’t been able to log in to my email on iPhone or desktop. Keeps saying I’ve entered my password wrong too many times (I haven’t) I’m not able to login via a code or any other way 🤬
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sally (@trolly_dolly6) reported@Outlook how much longer will the system be down? I’m waiting for replies on important emails I’ve sent - 22.45 still cannot receive or send emails 😡
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Alyse❤️ (@alyse3344) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook @Microsoft Okay… it’s been 24 hours since I’ve had access to my emails. Fix your 💩
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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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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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Jane Darling (@janeydarling1) reported@outlook We can't sign in. AGAIN. What's going on? And why is this a continuing problem? Please sort it out.
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SpongeBob (@Jack_the_westi) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook I had the same problem a while ago, absolutely impossible to speak to a human at Microsoft to get support, finally I switched to Gmail, caused a lot of disruption because my old Hotmail is used to verify loads of passwords, annoyingly I keep getting reminders to log into Hotmail
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Phil Hutchings (@PhilHutchings14) reported@MrJoeRobinson @Outlook @Microsoft I feel your frustrations Joseph hopefully you get to the bottom of this issue sooner rather than later and get back logged in #prayforjoe
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Outlook The app won’t let you login with your other email account?
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook why is outlook STILL down? Have some very important emails ( like many others around the world ) please get it together. This is ridiculous now 24 hrs and STILL GETTING NOTHING!!!! #outlook #outlookdown