Is Outlook down right now? Is Hotmail login down today? What does Down Detector say about Microsoft email server outage? What we know.

Millions of frustrated Microsoft users were left unable to access their emails today - but this evening the tech giant said normal service has resumed after the outage

Is Outlook down again? As the outage stretches into the afternoon, the global community waits for a formal update from Microsoft regarding the Hotmail outage.

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Microsoft Outlook customers across the globe are currently facing a widespread blackout, with both web and app users reportedly affected, and no clarity as yet from the email provider

Outlook has over 400 million active users around the world. This issue seems to be affecting both personal and work Outlook accounts, as well as Hotmail accounts. Hotmail is also owned by Microsoft. Some users are seeing a message saying that their license is not valid, while others are seeing a message that says, "Something went wrong."

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If you're having trouble logging into your Hotmail account today, you're definitely not the only one. Millions of users around the world have been facing issues with Microsoft’s email service since early Thursday morning,