Microsoft Outlook Restored After Widespread Outage

Following widespread issues accessing email accounts late Wednesday and into Thursday, Microsoft announced that affected Outlook systems are back online. The outage peaked just before noon ET Thursday, with over 2,700 users globally reporting problems such as inbox loading and sign-in failures to Downdetector. Microsoft initially encountered problems with its fix, leading to delays. By late afternoon, reports had significantly dropped, and Microsoft confirmed a configuration change resolved the impact for all users. The cause of the hours-long outage remains undisclosed.