Microsoft reports global outages, thousands of Outlook users affected
Microsoft confirmed reports of outages in the Americas on X. Less than 15 minutes later, it added that users in “any region” could be affected. The company determined that some of its infrastructure was experiencing “elevated load,” leading to connectivity issues across the world.
Downdetector reported that it received reports shortly before 9:30 a.m., with outrages peaking at 10:19 a.m. with over 130,000 reports. At 10:48 a.m., Microsoft said in another post it was starting to redistribute its traffic to fix the issue.
“We’re aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact,” Microsoft posted on X at 11:12 a.m. “We’ve paused all deployments, we’re moving additional traffic off the affected infrastructure, and we’re restarting affected servers to return them to service.”
SFGATE reporters were still affected by the outage as of 11:30 a.m.
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