Thousands report issues with Microsoft Outlook email in apparent outage
More than 2,100 customers reported trouble with their Outlook accounts by approximately 9:30 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector.com.
Another 250 reported issues across Microsoft 365, which includes office programs like Skype and Sharepoint.
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Thousands of users reported issues accessing their Microsoft Outlook email accounts on Thursday.
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Many complaints reported an inability to log in to Microsoft accounts.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
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