Microsoft Outlook is DOWN: Millions left unable to access their emails as social media is flooded with complaints after 'global outage'
Microsoft services including Outlook went down on Saturday evening, leaving millions of users unable to access their emails.
Social media was flooded with complaints about the issue amid reports of the company suffering a global outage.
Several services appeared to have been affected with users reportedly unable to access Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Store.
Tracking website Downdetector showed a huge spike in users reporting problems with Microsoft 365 on Saturday evening.
The outage began at 20.48pm UK time (3.48pm ET) and lasted for nearly an hour.
Services appeared to be working again by 21.35pm (4.35pm ET) but a full restoration is yet to be confirmed by the tech giant.
Microsoft is the most commonly used office software worldwide, meaning the outage has likely affected thousands of companies.
One person wrote on social media: 'So I’m guessing Microsoft Outlook is having issues, everyone around me has just been logged out of their emails.'
Another added on X: 'I think Microsoft Outlook has gone down? Anyone else been signed out of Outlook or Hotmail?'
Image shows the message that millions of users have been faced with when trying to access their emails
Social media has been flooded with complaints about the issue with reports of the company suffering a global outage (stock photo)
A third frantically tried to contact Outlook saying: 'Hey. What’s going on with your software, no one can login to outlook and the error keeps saying too many attempts! What’s going on?'
Whilst a fourth quipped: 'I thought I was getting my outlook hacked, turns out the entire Microsoft platform is getting hacked. Thank God it's not personal.'
Microsoft 365 Status acknowledged the outage on X, notifying users that they are investigating the issue.
MailOnline has contacted Microsoft for comment.
It comes after a huge Microsoft outage last July sparked chaos - grounding flights and knocking hospitals, GP surgeries, train services, banks, stock exchanges and TV channels offline.
The technical fault - which was caused by an update pushed out to customers of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike - saw Windows suddenly shut down across the world.
Shops in Australia were forced to go cashless after digital checkouts stopped working, while in the US emergency services lines went down in Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Ohio.
GP services were also hit with surgeries in Cumbria, Cheshire, Yorkshire and the West Midlands taking to social media to say their systems had been affected.
Moreover, Microsoft users across the US also reported issues with 365 services on January 29 this year.
Downdetector showed major problems with the website, Outlook and logging into accounts for around three hours.
Microsoft 365 is a cloud-based subscription service that provides access to productivity apps, cloud storage, and security.
The tech giant's Service Health Status showed 'Service Degradation' for Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
'We're analyzing available service telemetry to identify why the issue initially occurred and we're also working to identify whether additional actions are required to resolve the impact for all users,' Microsoft said at the time.
'This issue could potentially affect any user attempting to access Microsoft 365 services or the Microsoft 365 admin center.'
The outage appeared to be widespread in the US, hitting New York City and Boston on the East Coast, along with Seattle and Los Angeles on the West Coast.
