Millions of people across the world were unable to access Microsoft services, including their Outlook accounts, on Saturday. According to Downdetector, people had problems accessing the server connection,

Users across the world were sent into panic as Microsoft’s Outlook Email system seemed to suffer a global outage, with people reportedly being locked out of their accounts and unable to access their online mail.

Microsoft outage leaves thousands of users without access to email and apps . By Auzinea Bacon, CNN . 1 minute read . Published 5:37 PM EST, Sat March 1, 2025