Outlook, Hotmail Outage Disrupts Global Users

Microsoft Outlook suffered a widespread outage from Wednesday evening into Thursday, impacting thousands of users globally and preventing access to Outlook.com, mobile apps, desktop clients, and Hotmail. The outage was attributed to a configuration issue rather than an authentication failure or faulty update. Microsoft initially faced setbacks with its fix, requiring redeployment and close monitoring, but assured users that most would see service restored within hours. Other Microsoft 365 services, such as Teams, OneDrive, and Skype, were not affected. The company confirmed that there was no cyberattack involved. Users were advised to monitor Microsoft's status page as recovery efforts continued through Thursday afternoon.