Microsoft 365 faced disruptions in Outlook and Teams, affecting users globally. Recovery efforts are ongoing but slower than expected.

Thousands of people reported issues with Microsoft Outlook Monday morning, according to Downdetector. Reported issues with the Outlook website and app began to spike around 9 a.m. Monday. By 12:30 p.m.

Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported having issues with services like Outlook and Teams on Monday.

Microsoft 365 users are experiencing issues on Monday with the free email service Outlook. Users began reporting that outage just before 8 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector. It appears most people are reporting problems when trying to use the website version.

Microsoft said Monday that it is facing delays after it identified the cause of a major Outlook and Teams outage, and deployed a fix to the problem.

( NewsNation) — More than 8,000 users reported issues with Microsoft Outlook’s email services in the past 24 hours, according to Downdetector. The software giant posted on X that it was deploying a fix. The outage-monitoring website showed about 8,700 reports citing issues with Outlook as of noon CT on Monday.

The outage was another jarring reminder that the move to cloud services increases dependence on outside vendors that periodically fail to function. While security experts have lon

S ome office workers who rely on Microsoft Outlook and related productivity apps like Teams were discovered that those programs were taken down by outages early Monday. Reports of

Microsoft said it is assessing "an issue impacting users attempting to us Exchange Online or functionality within Microsoft Teams calendar."

Microsoft said a major Outlook and Teams outage would be resolved Monday night after facing a day full of technical delays.

Microsoft 365 users on Monday have seen ongoing software delays and a massive outage for hours on its Outlook and Teams applications.