On 21 January 2026, an outage broke out, causing Microsoft Outlook and the rest of Microsoft's productivity suite to go offline for users across the globe, rendering Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams and MS Outlook inaccessible. User outage reports surged early Wednesday morning.
In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Microsoft shared, 'We've received reports and are investigating an issue affecting Microsoft 365 services, including Teams and Outlook,' acknowledging the outage reports. Tom's Guide reported the surge swiftly rising to 1,000 for Microsoft 365 within the first hour, based on tracking site Downdetector, while Microsoft Teams reports quickly jumped to 500. Azure seems unaffected, save for about 200 reports.
