Microsoft’s Major Outlook and Teams Outage: Causes, Progress, and Impact

Microsoft’s Major Outlook and Teams Outage: Causes, Progress, and Impact

Microsoft’s Major Outlook and Teams Outage: Causes, Progress, and Impact Microsoft faced significant disruptions to its widely used Outlook and Teams services on Monday, with the outage continuing to affect thousands of users for several hours. The problem, which created delays for office workers globally, underscores the vulnerabilities of reliance on cloud-based communication tools in modern workplaces. As of Monday afternoon (ET), outage-tracking site Downdetector reported over 5,000 user complaints about service issues, though this number may not fully capture the outage's reach. What Caused the Outage? Microsoft attributed the issue to specific machines operating in an “unhealthy state.” In an early statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), the company confirmed it had identified the root cause and begun deploying a fix. Fix Deployment : Microsoft initiated a phased fix rollout, targeting the affected environments with manual restarts of impacted machines. By noon ET, the company re…