Microsoft Outlook outage spreads beyond the Americas

Microsoft said it was posting updates in its admin center, but the center could not be reached at the time of publication. For users unable to access it, the company wrote on X that it was “redistributing connection traffic across our broader worldwide infrastructure to help balance the load.”

The extent of any disruption to other Microsoft services was unclear. The company’s last major incident was in September, when a days-long Microsoft 365 outage affected the online productivity suite that includes Outlook. Microsoft attributed that incident to a “core authentication configuration” issue that blocked access to the service.

TechCrunch said it would seek comment from Microsoft once its email service had resumed.