Posted on 11/12/2026 4:01:39 PM PST by DoodleBob
@MSFT365Status Microsoft 365 Status
We're returning a portion of affected servers to the service, and they remain stable so far. We're also shifting traffic to alternate routes wherever possible and observing limited recovery. In parallel, we've streamlined the process of returning the remaining affected servers to service. As capacity is restored, users may experience a gradual recovery as their clients reconnect. More info under EX1550543 and MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as status.cloud.microsoft if the admin center is not available to you.
6:04 PM · Nov 12, 2026 · 346.5K Views
Libre Office.. it’s free and it’s not MicroSoft anything.
Maybe if they layoff more Americans and bring in more H-1Bs these problems will go away /s
Micro$#!t. FUBAR since 1989.
Microsoft’s fix failed.
“The servers we returned to service can become unresponsive again once they receive traffic; we’re analyzing diagnostic data to determine what’s triggering the behavior. In parallel, we’re temporarily limiting which types of traffic can reach the affected infrastructure in some locations.”
https://x.com/MSFT365Status/status/2121031935010951521
My email addy has been at msn.com for over 25 years, I really don’t wish to have to change it so I hope they get it fixed soon.
Thanks for the update. Spent most of the afternoon clearing out my old Gmail inbox. Investigating Protonmail as a vendor. Installed the old Thunderbird app just in case.
I have an outlook online email service and it’s down right now. So this is valuable info to me. Thanks.
I’m located in Japan. Not sure it that even makes a difference.
Protonmail even comes with its own app.
I have it on my Linux machines and the Winblows machine.
Also has apps available for iPhone and Android.
You can also have all of your external emails be forwarded directly to your Protonmail, so all you have to check is that.
Same with its ProtonVPN.
Same except I’m closer to 30 years with my email address. I’m still not getting my email. Stopped at 10 am.
That sounds, uhh, not good. We are are 7ish hours in and they still don’ seem to know the exact cause and are just trying things.
So, was it sabotage, AI attack, Xi?
Don’t worry. Per Bill Gates: “Two weeks to stop the outage.”
I read somewhere else that the servers were being overloaded to the point of locking up. Which sounds an awful lot like a Denial of Service attack. They’re now saying even after restarting it becomes unresponsive again once they receive traffic, as if the attack is ongoing.
If this is indeed a coordinated attack, whoever is carrying it out may go after other email providers. I’m following the lead of the other poster here and backing up the most important emails on my gmail account, just in case.
My "Outlook" turned on by itself.
The only function on my computer that failed was Send-Receive.
Drafts, Archive, Address List, every thing else worked fine.
Big relief.
Outlook still running fine at 11 AM.
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