Many users of Hotmail, Outlook and Skype are finding themselves unable to log in to their accounts and some are complaining about access to their XBox accounts. The problem is being described as an authentication issue, something that users of Exchange Online are all too familiar with. Microsoft is currently working on a solution and the incident count on Down Detector seems do have dropped in the past few hours but there are still some problems. The professional side also seems to be suffering as well, with several performance issues effecting a variety of services. If you are one of those currently suffering, you can follow the link from The Register to report it on Down Detector, if you wish.
"Naturally, users of Microsoft's cloud services have taken to Twitter and Reddit to moan about the downtime, with some complaining that Xbox online services have also been hit by the downtime."
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What a mess!
What a mess!
Interestingly, I never lost
Interestingly, I never lost service. I read elsewhere that most services were back up by 9:30AM EST, yet many people on Down Detector are reporting their iphones are still having trouble connecting to office 365.
7:34 pm central time and
7:34 pm central time and iPhone still won’t connect to outlook.com in the email app. Via web browser works though