Microsoft’s Outlook Outage: When Your Email Takes an Unplanned Vacation

Microsoft is in detective mode, investigating why classic Outlook users in Asia Pacific and North America can’t connect to Exchange Online. While they search for clues, users are advised to swap the classic desktop client for Outlook on the Web. Stay tuned for updates on these classic Outlook search issues!

Pro Dashboard

Hot Take:

When it comes to Microsoft’s Exchange Online, it’s like the classic Outlook desktop client woke up today and chose chaos. If only it could be as reliable as your grandma’s old typewriter. It’s time for Microsoft to get their email ducks in a row before the entire Asia Pacific and North America regions decide to send them a strongly-worded email — if they could only get their Outlook to work, that is!

Key Points:

  • Microsoft Exchange Online is experiencing a service outage, affecting the classic Outlook desktop client.
  • Users in Asia Pacific and North America are unable to access their mailboxes due to connectivity issues.
  • Microsoft suggests using Outlook on the Web as a temporary workaround.
  • A separate incident is causing search issues within the classic Outlook desktop client.
  • This outage follows recent DNS and authentication-related issues affecting multiple Microsoft services.

Membership Required

 You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels
Already a member? Log in here
The Nimble Nerd
Confessional Booth of Our Digital Sins

Okay, deep breath, let's get this over with. In the grand act of digital self-sabotage, we've littered this site with cookies. Yep, we did that. Why? So your highness can have a 'premium' experience or whatever. These traitorous cookies hide in your browser, eagerly waiting to welcome you back like a guilty dog that's just chewed your favorite shoe. And, if that's not enough, they also tattle on which parts of our sad little corner of the web you obsess over. Feels dirty, doesn't it?