Microsoft is Working to Fix Outlook.com Outage

Microsoft’s Outlook.com email service is experiencing an outage today, and many users may struggle to access their inbox. The company acknowledged that users may “experience intermittent sign‑in failures, including “too many requests” errors or unexpected sign‑outs.” This may also affect iOS users who added their Outlook.com account to Apple’s inbox apps.

The company acknowledged the outage five years ago, and I also experienced sign-outs on my Apple devices. The company said that it was analyzing service telemetry to identify mitigation actions, and you may want to check out updates on Microsoft’s Service Health Status portal for the latest updates.

The company is also sharing its latest findings on the Microsoft 365 Status account on X. The following message was posted 2 hours ago: “Upon reviewing service telemetry further, we’ve identified an unexpected increase in error rates affecting two separate error scenarios. We suspect this may be contributing to creating impact, and we’re conducting additional analysis to confirm this.”

Upon reviewing service telemetry further, we've identified an unexpected increase in error rates affecting two separate error scenarios. We suspect this may be contributing to creating impact, and we're conducting additional analysis to confirm this. For more information, please…

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) April 27, 2026

It’s not great to kick off the new week with a service outage, especially one affecting a widely used email service. I’ll be updating this post if Microsoft publishes more updates throughout the day. Sound off in the comments if you’re also encountering issues with your Outlook.com account today.