Thousands of users reported issues or outages with Outlook and other Microsoft services on Saturday afternoon.

Thousands of users reported an outage on Outlook Saturday afternoon, but by 4:39 p.m., applications like Outlook email were restored and operational.

Microsoft Outlook, 365 and other services crashed Saturday, affecting tens of thousands in the United States and millions globally before services were restored in less than an hour.

The disruption, which has been resolved at the time of writing, was mainly contained to the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles areas.

Microsoft Office 365 investigated an outage Saturday that left tens of thousands of users unable to access Outlook, according to an outage tracker. "We're investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Outlook features and services,

Tens of thousands of people were briefly unable to send or receive emails on Saturday afternoon after Microsoft Outlook faced a widespread service disruption.

And Monday's not looking that steady either This weekend's Microsoft 365 outage, which left unlucky subscribers unable to login and use the service as expected, has been blamed on a "problematic code change" by the Windows giant.

Microsoft has issued an update as thousands of users reported issues with various Outlook services last night on Downdetector (March 1).

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, several Microsoft 365 users reported difficulties accessing their accounts, particularly with Outlook emails. Many users took to social media to express their frustration with the issue.