Is Outlook down? Microsoft outage hits email, Teams, Xbox
Microsoft services including Teams, Outlook, and Xbox Live are experiencing widespread connectivity issues following reported regional outages.
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The brief
Microsoft 365 users are facing significant service disruptions affecting access to platforms such as Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Xbox Live. Technical difficulties are linked to intermittent connectivity failures within the Azure West US region and a fiber incident that impacted Azure California services for approximately five hours.
Coverage from outlets including BleepingComputer, The Seattle Times, and Data Center Dynamics highlights the breadth of the service failure. While the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Microsoft has mitigated Teams outages across the Asia-Pacific region, user reports tracked by platforms like Downdetector indicate ongoing access issues.
Future updates will clarify the full extent of the service restoration. Coverage does not yet specify a definitive timeline for when all global services will return to full functionality.
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Quick answers
Which Microsoft services are affected?
Reported services include Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Azure, and Xbox Live.
What caused the outage?
Reports point to a fiber incident in California and connectivity failures in the Azure West US region.
Is service being restored?
Microsoft has reported that Teams outages in the Asia-Pacific region have been mitigated, though further details on other regions are pending.
Coverage (9)
- Microsoft 365 outage affects Teams, SharePoint and other services BleepingComputer · 16h ago
- Is Microsoft down? Users blocked from Teams, Outlook, OpenAI, XBox Live Daytona Beach News-Journal · 16h ago
- Can't log in? Microsoft outage hits Teams, Outlook and more FOX 13 Seattle · 16h ago
- Microsoft Down for Thousands of Users Thursday, Downdetector Reports GV Wire · 16h ago
- Is Outlook down? Microsoft outage hits email, Teams, Xbox The Seattle Times · 16h ago
- Microsoft fiber foul-up cut off Azure California for almost five hours The Register · 16h ago
- Microsoft says Teams outage across Asia-Pacific now 'mitigated' ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation · 16h ago
- Microsoft Azure outage at West US region causes intermittent connectivity failures Data Center Dynamics · 16h ago
- Microsoft down for some users as issues reported across Teams, OneDrive, Xbox Live and others Yahoo Tech · 16h ago
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