Is Outlook down right now? Users unable to sign in, witnessing too many ‘errors’

Outlook, the Microsoft email application, has suffered a global outage on Monday, with thousands of users complaining of sign-in issues that prevented customers from accessing their mailboxes. According to the internet outage monitoring service Downdetector,more than 1000 formal reports have been made with 68% of users stating that they were unable to log in.

In the UK alone, more than 800 users, along with around 400 others elsewhere, reported difficulties accessing their email services. The main issue has been the inability to log in, accounting for 64 per cent of all reported complaints. Some users have also reported problems receiving messages.

How did Outlook respond?

Responding to the outage, the company stated that affected users were being signed out of their accounts and witnessing too many ‘errors’. “Some users may experience intermittent sign-in failures, including ‘too many requests’ errors or unexpected sign-outs,” Microsoft said in a recent update on the company’s service health status page.

What caused Outlook outage?

“Our investigation indicates client sign-in scenarios may be contributing to the reported behaviour, and we’re focused on validating interactions across service components to identify next steps.”