Microsoft Outlook is down

November 12, 2026 Richard Lawler

Microsoft Outlook app icon on a black background.

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 from its Microsoft 365 Status account, saying that "We've determined a portion of infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which is likely contributing to the connectivity errors."

There were also some reports of problems with Teams, but most of the people reporting issues say Teams is still working now.

Now Microsoft says:

We've completed redistributing connection traffic across our worldwide infrastructure, and we're moving ad …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Previous Article
No, AI agents did not discover a previously unknown Maya site
No, AI agents did not discover a previously unknown Maya site

Armed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovere...

Next Article
Oh, Palantir is ‘progressive’ now, is it?
Oh, Palantir is ‘progressive’ now, is it?

I had other things to do today, but Alex Karp's pathetic attempt to pivot back to the left gave me no choic...