Microsoft Outlook is down for many: Here's what we know

Microsoft Outlook might be down for many. Reports of outages from across the US started coming in around 12:30 PM ET. On DownDetector, there are over 120,000 concurrent reports. Other connected services like Microsoft Teams. Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Ondreive are also gettign reports. More telling

<![CDATA[ <article> <div class="live-content"><p>Microsoft Outlook might be down for many. Reports of outages from across the US started coming in around 12:30 PM ET. On DownDetector, there are over 120,000 concurrent reports.</p><p>Other connected services like Microsoft Teams. Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Ondreive are also gettign reports. More tellingly,. we could not open Microsoft's own services status ((https://status.cloud.microsoft/) page to check on the status of Microsoft services.</p><p>Microsoft's cloud services, Azure, also had reports of service issues, which may account for the wide-spread nature of these outages.</p><p>On social media, people have bene reporting their inability to reach the services like Outlook. On X (formerly Twitter) is where we saw evidence that the outage may extend globally.</p><p>Follow along as we track this continuing, and apparently widespread Outlook outage.</p></div><div class="live-content"><p>Our first indication that something was awry with Outlook was on Downdetector, which noted a sharp rise in reports of service outages for Outlook. Microsoft 365, Microsoft Store, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and Microsoft Azure.</p><p>It's worth noting that users report these issues to Downdetector. Microsoft has yet to comment or confirm any of this. </p><p>We've contacted Microsoft for comment and will update this live blog when they reply.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1277px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:68.68%;"><img id="WjrzqNN4HHsFoCbAuWwKiN" name="1794510082.jpg" alt="Outlook outage" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WjrzqNN4HHsFoCbAuWwKiN-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1277" height="877" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:11:01+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:11 PM</time><h2 id="not-everything-is-offline">Not everything is offline</h2><p>There are some indications that the situation is worsening. While we were able to access OneDrive online 30 minutes ago, the site is no longer responding.</p><p>The pain is being felt by individuals and organizations, such as universities, where entire email systems are now inaccessible.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1252px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:66.29%;"><img id="ctr5fGhD9fWkeiL4xc4ykY" name="1794510606.jpg" alt="Outlook outage" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ctr5fGhD9fWkeiL4xc4ykY-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1252" height="830" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:15:56+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:15 PM</time><h2 id="when-one-service-catches-a-cold">When one service catches a cold...</h2><p>A look at DownDetector indicates that it's not just Outlook and Microsoft services that are struggling. However, these user-based reports can be misleading. Sometimes when people can't access one service connected to larger services, they assume it's their local one. </p><p>We checked, for instance, AWS's status page and found no widespread reports of outages.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1014px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:76.53%;"><img id="dgWbYWjptJSRMTdoCQEqvL" name="1794510925.jpg" alt="Outlook outage" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dgWbYWjptJSRMTdoCQEqvL-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1014" height="776" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:19:23+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:19 PM</time><h2 id="microsoft-knows">Microsoft knows</h2><p>A Microsoft 365 support account has acknowledged the issues across "the Americas" and wrote, "We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas. More details can be found in the Microsoft 365 admin center under EX1550543."</p><p>So they're investigating, but there's no news of a fix, just that they're working to mitigate it. </p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120938282204688468"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas. More details can be found in the Microsoft 365 admin center under EX1550543.<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120938282204688468">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:25:17+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:25 PM</time><h2 id="what-we-work">What, we work?</h2><p>Millions rely on Microsoft tools like Outlook and OneDrive to get work done. When they're offline, well, as you can see below, things kind of slow down.</p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120959985974731163"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Outlook stops working…I stop working too https://t.co/LYVTTTA1TJ<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120959985974731163">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:27:34+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:27 PM</time><h2 id="we-39-re-still-not-here">We're still not here</h2><p>By 2:25 PM ET, DownDetector was showing a small slowdown in outage reports across Microsoft services, but social media is still filled with posts about the ongoing Outlook outage that is across the US and the rest of the Americas.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:2262px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:53.58%;"><img id="oBMBb8Zm4QcTuWdetgxx7i" name="1794511554.jpg" alt="Outlook outage" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oBMBb8Zm4QcTuWdetgxx7i-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="2262" height="1212" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:31:10+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:31 PM</time><h2 id="some-perspective">Some perspective</h2><p>Sure, millions can't access work and personal emails, but they still have social media where they can complain or at least take their minds off the fact that a huge chunk of Microsoft products are currently not functioning. As this X user notes, at least social media isn't out.</p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120961912515203573"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The MS Outlook outage is annoying and everything, but at least it isn't Instagram. Imagine having that go down and have to scroll work emails instead.<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120961912515203573">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:34:51+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:34 PM</time><h2 id="what-is-real">What is real</h2><p>As we noted earlier, big outages like this can have a knock-on effect. That's likely why cloud provider Cloudflare has popped up here on DownDetector, along with Google and Gmail. To be clear, there's no other indication that these services are experiencing similar outages.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1802px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:58.05%;"><img id="p87rCFAUQ8EmiMNnV7QR6h" name="Screenshot 2026-11-12 at 2.32.14 PM" alt="Outlook down" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p87rCFAUQ8EmiMNnV7QR6h-1920-80.png" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1802" height="1046" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:44:54+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:44 PM</time><h2 id="microsoft-39-s-status-page-still-isn-39-t-loading">Microsoft's status page still isn't loading</h2><p>We're still waiting for another update from <a href="https://x.com/MSFT365Status" target="_blank">Microsoft 365 Status on X (formerly Twitter),</a> but if you're hoping to check the company's direct status page, you'll hit a roadblock. Why? Well, the actual status page appears to be down as well and will not load.</p></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:49:47+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:49 PM</time><h2 id="let-39-s-take-a-look-at-down-detector">Let's take a look at Down Detector</h2><p>Alright, it's clear that the main services seeing outages, and in turn being effectively down for users right now, are Outlook as well as Microsoft 365, but Down Detector is currently showing a slight dip towards recovery. Even so, many users are still reporting errors. </p><p>In fact, even with the dip, Microsoft Outlook still shows over 77,000 reports. That is down from the high, as of yet, of over 131,000 reports.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:2560px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:40.98%;"><img id="sEaPuFQ5v94osL54R8vtYh" name="Down Detector Microsoft Outlook" alt="Down Detector Microsoft Outlook" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sEaPuFQ5v94osL54R8vtYh-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="2560" height="1049" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Down Detector)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:57:15+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:57 PM</time><h2 id="microsoft-is-rolling-out-a-fix-or-two">Microsoft is rolling out a fix or two</h2><p>Some good news correlating with that slight dip on Down Detector: it appears that Microsoft's team is on the case and is now testing a fix, well, more specifically, two fixes concurrently. It seems that a main culprit was servers failing automated health checks and, as a result, becoming unavailable to users. </p><p>To address that, Microsoft is testing a configuration change and, at the same time, restarting each affected service to let them 'return to service.' That's a good sign all around.</p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120967496303858112"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're testing a configuration change to address a problem that's causing servers to fail automated health checks and become unavailable. In parallel, we've initiated a restart of all affected servers and are monitoring health as they return to service. More info under EX1550543 and MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as https://t.co/pYdahqxDv3 if the admin center is not available to you.<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120967496303858112">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T19:59:13+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 2:59 PM</time><p>While Microsoft's teams are working on a fix, impacted folks are still taking to social networks like X and Threads to comment and even offer a bit of joy in light of not being able to use Outlook or other 365 essentials.</p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120968799646281780"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blue-collar workers while Outlook is down https://t.co/OiZbbU7YVH<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120968799646281780">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120970044197007588"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Microsoft Outlook is down in the middle of the workday? That's unfortunate... https://t.co/HAeoE8zF19<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120970044197007588">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T20:13:59+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 3:13 PM</time><h2 id="microsoft-39-s-365-status-page-is-back-online">Microsoft's 365 Status page is back online</h2><p>This is likely a good sign — <a href="https://status.cloud.microsoft/m365/referrer=serviceStatusRedirect" target="_blank">Microsoft's own 365 Status Page is back up</a> and loading again, confirming the active issue: "<strong>Service degradation on Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise).</strong>"</p><p>The message reads in full:</p><p><em>User impact: Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>More info: Potentially impacted services include:</em><br /><em>- Exchange Online</em></p><p><em>- Microsoft Teams</em></p><p><em>- SharePoint Online</em></p><p><em>- Microsoft Copilot 365</em></p><p><em> - Microsoft Defender XDR </em></p><p><em>Current status: We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact. As a precaution, we've paused all deployments and configuration changes while we review recent changes for any correlation to this event. We've determined that the elevated load isn't driven by an overall increase in traffic, but by a large number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable, which is shifting load onto the remaining infrastructure. We're investigating what's causing these servers to become unavailable while we work to safely return them to service. </em><br /><em></em></p><p><em>Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access the affected Microsoft 365 services. </em><br /><em></em></p><p><em>Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 10:00 PM UTC</em></p></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T20:35:14+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 3:35 PM</time><p>Microsoft has provided another update on the 365 Status account on X, writing, "We've not identified any recent change correlated with the start of impact; however, our investigation indicates the failed health checks may originate from a specific component that's responsible for processing server health."</p><p>It continues, "We've taken steps to prevent additional servers from being impacted while we work to return the affected servers to service." So it's clear there is some more work to do to get this resolved, and it is focused on mitigating further impact on the affected servers. We're waiting for a solution to resolve the issues. Let us know in the comments if you're still impacted.</p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120974801388904932"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We've not identified any recent change correlated with the start of impact; however, our investigation indicates the failed health checks may originate from a specific component that's responsible for processing server health. We've taken steps to prevent additional servers from being impacted while we work to return the affected servers to service. More info under EX1550543 and MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as https://t.co/pYdahqxDv3 if the admin center is not available to you.<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120974801388904932">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T20:55:04+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 3:55 PM</time><h2 id="you-have-to-laugh-right">You have to laugh, right?</h2><p>When times get tough, humor carries the day. Posts across social media feature people venting their anger, frustration, and concern, but there are the jokers. This Threads post on the ongoing outage was one of our favorites.</p><figure><blockquote class="text-post-media" data-text-post-permalink=https://www.threads.com/@huge_fat_loser/post/DfpzSmdFLGn data-text-post-version="0" id=.ig-tp-DfpzSmdFLGn style=" background:#FFF; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #00000026; border-radius: 16px; max-width:540px; margin: 1px; min-width:270px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <a href=https://www.threads.com/@huge_fat_loser/post/DfpzSmdFLGn style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> <div style=" padding: 40px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center;"><div style=" display:block; height:32px; width:32px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <svg aria-label="Threads" height="32px" role="img" viewBox="0 0 192 192" width="32px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M141.537 88.9883C140.71 88.5919 139.87 88.2104 139.019 87.8451C137.537 60.5382 122.616 44.905 97.5619 44.745C97.4484 44.7443 97.3355 44.7443 97.222 44.7443C82.2364 44.7443 69.7731 51.1409 62.102 62.7807L75.881 72.2328C81.6116 63.5383 90.6052 61.6848 97.2286 61.6848C97.3051 61.6848 97.3819 61.6848 97.4576 61.6855C105.707 61.7381 111.932 64.1366 115.961 68.814C118.893 72.2193 120.854 76.925 121.825 82.8638C114.511 81.6207 106.601 81.2385 98.145 81.7233C74.3247 83.0954 59.0111 96.9879 60.0396 116.292C60.5615 126.084 65.4397 134.508 73.775 140.011C80.8224 144.663 89.899 146.938 99.3323 146.423C111.79 145.74 121.563 140.987 128.381 132.296C133.559 125.696 136.834 117.143 138.28 106.366C144.217 109.949 148.617 114.664 151.047 120.332C155.179 129.967 155.42 145.8 142.501 158.708C131.182 170.016 117.576 174.908 97.0135 175.059C74.2042 174.89 56.9538 167.575 45.7381 153.317C35.2355 139.966 29.8077 120.682 29.6052 96C29.8077 71.3178 35.2355 52.0336 45.7381 38.6827C56.9538 24.4249 74.2039 17.11 97.0132 16.9405C119.988 17.1113 137.539 24.4614 149.184 38.788C154.894 45.8136 159.199 54.6488 162.037 64.9503L178.184 60.6422C174.744 47.9622 169.331 37.0357 161.965 27.974C147.036 9.60668 125.202 0.195148 97.0695 0H96.9569C68.8816 0.19447 47.2921 9.6418 32.7883 28.0793C19.8819 44.4864 13.2244 67.3157 13.0007 95.9325L13 96L13.0007 96.0675C13.2244 124.684 19.8819 147.514 32.7883 163.921C47.2921 182.358 68.8816 191.806 96.9569 192H97.0695C122.03 191.827 139.624 185.292 154.118 170.811C173.081 151.866 172.51 128.119 166.26 113.541C161.776 103.087 153.227 94.5962 141.537 88.9883ZM98.4405 129.507C88.0005 130.095 77.1544 125.409 76.6196 115.372C76.2232 107.93 81.9158 99.626 99.0812 98.6368C101.047 98.5234 102.976 98.468 104.871 98.468C111.106 98.468 116.939 99.0737 122.242 100.233C120.264 124.935 108.662 128.946 98.4405 129.507Z" /></svg></div> <div style=" font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; color: #999999; font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 4px; "><figcaption><cite> Post by @huge_fat_loser</cite><figcaption></div> <div style=" font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; "> View on Threads</div></div></a></blockquote></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T20:59:39+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 3:59 PM</time><h2 id="a-silver-lining-for-one">A silver lining for one?</h2><p>You know the one person who might be happy about this outage? <a href="https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/the-jensen-huang-saga-isnt-just-a-tech-world-soap-opera-it-could-change-the-entire-future-of-ai">Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang</a>. This is the one tech story big enough (the outage spans countries) to push aside the wild story of his ouster. Leaves us wondering if Nvidia is a Microsoft services house.</p><p>Also, shouldn't AI be able to figure out what's going on here?</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:6048px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="q7Q3z2TuLLm4vQNkXTkDaj" name="GettyImages-2278514720" alt="Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding the RTX Spark chip" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q7Q3z2TuLLm4vQNkXTkDaj-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="6048" height="3402" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T21:08:42+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 4:08 PM</time><h2 id="we-39-re-almost-back-baby">We're almost back, baby</h2><p>We may be turning a corner. Microsoft at 402PM ET reported on X that it had built and validated a new "alternative health check method" to replace the one that kept shutting services down. The fix is so good that "a subset of affected servers" have now "successfully returned to service."</p><p>Microsoft adds that an automated system is checking on unresponsive servers and restarting them.</p><p>Put another way, it looks like, while Microsoft may not have discovered the root cause, it has built and deployed a fix. Your Outlook might be back before you know it. </p><div class="see-more see-more--clipped"><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet hawk-ignore" data-lang="en" cite="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120985048337830246"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We've validated an alternative service health check method, which allowed a subset of affected servers to successfully return to service. We're now applying this change more broadly. We're also preparing automated recovery systems to continually detect and restart unresponsive servers, to maintain service stability while this change progresses. More info under EX1550543 and MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as https://t.co/pYdahqxDv3 if the admin center is not available to you.<a href="https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2120985048337830246">November 12, 2026</a></p></blockquote></figure><div class="see-more__filter"></div></div></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T21:22:58+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 4:22 PM</time><h2 id="a-full-report-on-status">A full report on status</h2><p>You can tell the situation is improving because we can finally access the Microsoft 365 Service Health Status page, and it has a lot of information about all the services affected by this Outlook (and more) outage.</p><p>If you want all the latest details on the service disruption, this might be a good page to bookmark.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1107px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:87.35%;"><img id="EzfoiTef8jsLeiw8CDbuzi" name="1794518433.jpg" alt="Outlook outage" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EzfoiTef8jsLeiw8CDbuzi-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1107" height="967" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-11-12T21:34:38+00:00">November 12, 2026 – 4:34 PM</time><h2 id="fixing-slowly">Fixing slowly</h2><p>We're not out of the woods yet. Your current blog author (Lance Ulanoff) just tried to access his OneDrive and... well, you can see the result. Clearly, Microsoft's fix is rolling out slowly, and it now seems unlikely this will all be resolved before the end of the workday (on the East Coast, at least).</p><p>What's your experience been like? Can you access any of Microsoft's online and cloud-connected services? Let us know in the comments.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1704px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:52.82%;"><img id="NZu6hsRRG4cukV9RQKpSVS" name="1794519136.jpg" alt="Outlook outage" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NZu6hsRRG4cukV9RQKpSVS-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1704" height="900" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Future)</span></figcaption></figure></div> </article> ]]>