All Microsoft Services Are Currently Down

Jake Peterson Jake Peterson Senior Technology Editor ExperienceJake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, and subscriptions. Read Full Bio November 12, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Credit: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Takeaways Many Microsoft products and services were down as of Thursday afternoon. Downdetector showed hundreds of thousands of user reports for issues with Outlook, but many Microsoft services have user reports too. Microsoft 365's status page will not load for me at this time. Table of Contents If you're having trouble accessing certain services like Microsoft Teams or Outlook, you're not alone. As of early Thursday afternoon, many of Microsoft's biggest apps and services were experiencing downtime. According to Downdetector, which tracks user reports of issues with websites and platforms, Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, Teams, and OneDrive were all experiencing issues. Looking specifically at Outlook, Microsoft's email service currently has hundreds of thousands of user reports, signaling a major issue somewhere in Microsoft's pipeline. It's not clear, however, what's causing the problems with Microsoft's services. When I first published this article, I couldn't even load Microsoft 365's status page. Now, as of 2:17 p.m., the page loads. (I've reported on many service outages, but I can't recall a time when a service's status page was also down.) The page now says "Service degradation on Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise)," and Microsoft says the following services may be affected: Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Copilot 365, Microsoft Defender XDR. What do you think so far? It's possible the issue goes beyond Microsoft, too. Downdetector is showing user reports with Google services like Gmail, Amazon Web Services, and Cloudflare. While we could be looking at something more widespread, those reports pale in comparison to users complaining of Microsoft issues, so, for the time being, it seems more likely to be a Microsoft-specific issue. I'll keep this article updated with the latest news. Lifehacker has been a go-to source of tech help and life advice since 2005. Our mission is to offer reliable tech help and credible, practical, science-based life advice to help you live better. Our Mission Our Team Newsletter © 2001-2026 Ziff Davis, LLC., A ZIFF DAVIS COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Lifehacker is a federally registered trademark of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of Lifehacker. If you click an affiliate link and buy a product or service, we may be paid a fee by that merchant.