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Microsoft Outlook outage: <\/strong>Tens of thousands of Microsoft 365 customers complained on Saturday that they were having issues with services like Outlook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Users posted screenshots and complained that services like Outlook were crashing<\/a> and they were being logged out of their email accounts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Xbox services, which are also owned by Microsoft, were also facing issues, some users said on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cEven using the Authenticator app for Outlook results in an error message due to the current outage,\u201d a user posted on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHad to change my password 3 times until I checked on #x that #outlook is down. Wth @Microsoft,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to a report by CNN, the complaints of the outage started as early as 3:30 pm ET with users reporting issues on DownDetector, a website that tracks outages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The outage reports on the website for Microsoft 365, especially Outlook, peaked at around 4 pm ET with approximately 37,000 complaints, the media outlet said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Thereafter, the Microsoft outage reports<\/a> dropped off and some users said that services had been restored for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI thought I was getting my outlook hacked, turns out the entire Microsoft platform is getting hacked. Thank God it’s not personal,\u201d an X user posted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some users even pointed out that Microsoft service status website showed that everything was alright, despite thousands of users complaining about the Outlook outage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWhat’s the point of these Microsoft service status pages if they show the wrong status when the entire world is tweeting about Outlook being down,\u201d a user said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a series of posts on X, Microsoft said that it was \u201cinvestigating an issue\u201d that may have affected its users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe’re investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Outlook features and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n An hour later, the company said that it had identified a potential reason for the Microsoft Outlook outage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe’ve identified a potential cause of impact and have reverted the suspected code to alleviate impact. We\u2019re monitoring telemetry to confirm recovery.,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It later said that its telemetry indicates that a \u201cmajority of impacted services are recovering following our change\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a separate post, Microsoft said that the Outlook outage came after a problematic code change, adding that services were restored now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cFollowing our reversion of the problematic code change, we\u2019ve monitored service telemetry and worked with previously impacted users to confirm that service is restored\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Earlier this week, communications platform Slack also saw an outage that left thousands of users unable to use the service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Catch all the Technology<\/a> News and Updates on Live Mint. 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