Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft email and other 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 :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 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 962=E9 4964>65:2E6=J 4=62C H92E 6I24E=J 42FD65 E92E 72:=FC6] qFE |:4C@D@7E =2E6C D2:5 :E H2D E6DE:?8 2 7:I 2?5 C@==:?8 @FE 2? 2=E6C?2E:G6 >6E9@5 7@C E96D6 4964A24E65 D6CG6CD 324< @?=:?6]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