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Is Microsoft Outlook down? Some issues remain Sept. 1
USA Today • • general
Key Points:
- Microsoft Outlook experienced significant outages on August 31, with nearly 6,000 users reporting issues, primarily related to receiving emails, app disruptions, and login problems.
- By late August 31, Microsoft announced that mailbox connectivity had mostly returned to normal, though some search functionality remained impaired.
- As of the morning of September 1, Microsoft reported ongoing service improvements and entered extended monitoring to ensure full resolution, but about 500 users still faced issues.
- Concurrently, OpenAI's ChatGPT also faced outages on August 31, peaking at around 1,400 user reports, with service fully restored by 4:05 p.m. ET that day.
- Microsoft attributed the Outlook problems to degraded Exchange Online functionalities and was actively investigating the root cause during the outage.
