Microsoft outlook outage – here’s what to know as users experience widespread issues

The Independent

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• Microsoft Outlook users experienced widespread login issues, error messages, and unexpected sign-outs on Monday morning.
• The problems primarily affected Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise customers, with reports spiking around 5 a.m. ET.
• Microsoft confirmed a service interruption, acknowledging intermittent sign-in failures and 'too many requests' errors.
• The company directed users to its X (formerly Twitter) account for updates, but users criticised the lack of clear information.
• This outage follows a similar incident that affected Microsoft Outlook in January.