Global outage hits Microsoft's Outlook
What happened
A global outage knocked out Microsoft Outlook on Thursday, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to reach their email.
Microsoft blamed "elevated load" on part of its infrastructure across multiple regions, and said it was working "aggressively" to limit the impact.
Downdetector logged nearly 130,000 Outlook problem reports shortly after 1pm Eastern Time, falling to about 50,000 by 4.30pm, according to CNA.
Microsoft said it had paused all deployments, was moving traffic off the affected infrastructure and was restarting servers to bring them back.
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