Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps

CHICAGO (AP) — A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps. Nearly 130,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook just after 1 p.m. ET. New reports have since fallen from that peak, but many said they couldn't send and receive emails, or had trouble loading their inboxes altogether. kAm%9@FD2?5D 2=D@ C6A@CE65 :DDF6D H:E9 |:4C@D@7EVD H@C6DD28:?8 2AA %62>D[ 2D H6== 2D :ED px 2DD:DE2?E r@A:=@E k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^5@H?56E64E@C]4@>^DE2EFD^>:4C@D@7E\bed^Qm2?5 H:56Ck^2m |:4C@D@7E bed D6CG:46D]k^Am kAm|:4C@D@7E D2:5 E92E :E H2D :?G6DE:82E:?8 5:DCFAE:@?D[ ?@E23=J C6=2E65 E@ :ED 6>2:= 2?5 %62>D 2AA=:42E:@?D]k^Am kAmx? k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^I]4@>^|$u%bed$E2EFD^DE2EFD^a`a_hcgecahh``ga``fnDlcaQmFA52E6Dk^2m A@DE65 @? D@4:2= >65:2[ #65>@?5[ (2D9:?8E@?\32D65 |:4C@D@7E D2:5 :E H2D 2H2C6 @7 FD6CD “6IA6C:6?4:?8 :DDF6D 2446DD:?8 tI492?86 ~?=:?6 >2:=3@I6D E9C@F89 >F=E:A=6 4@??64E:@? >6E9@5D :? E96 p>6C:42D]”k^Am kAm|:4C@D@7E =2E6C 6IA=2:?65 E92E 2 A@CE:@? @7 :ED :?7C2DECF4EFC6 H2D “6IA6C:6?4:?8 6=6G2E65 =@25Q — H9:49 :E D2:5 H2D “=:<6=J 4@?EC:3FE:?8 E@ E96 4@??64E:G:EJ 6CC@CD]” %96 4@>A2?J 56E6C>:?65 2 ?F>36C @7 D6CG6CD H6C6 “F?6IA64E65=J F?2G2:=23=6” 5F6 E@ 2 AC@3=6> E92E 42FD65 E96> E@ 72:= 5FC:?8 2FE@>2E65 4964>65:2E6=J AC@G:56 >@C6 :?7@C>2E:@? 2C@F?5 H92E >:89E 36 42FD:?8 E92E 72:=FC6[ 3FE 25565 E92E :E H2D E6DE:?8 2 7:I]k^Am kAm“(6VC6 288C6DD:G6=J AFCDF:?8 2== A2E9H2JD E@ C65F46 :>A24E[” E96 |:4C@D@7E bed $E2EFD 244@F?E HC@E6 @? )]k^Am kAmt2C=:6C :? E96 52J[ E96 4@>A2?J k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^I]4@>^|$u%bed$E2EFD^DE2EFD^a`a_h_ccgha_h`cbba_nDlcaQmD2:5k^2m :E 925 “DF446DD7F==J C6DE@C65” AC@3=6>D C6=2E65 E@ |:4C@D@7E %62>D :? }@CE9 p>6C:42[ 2=E9@F89 D@>6 FD6CD 4@?E:?F65 E@ C6A@CE 4@??64E:G:EJ :DDF6D]k^Am