Outage trackers like Downdetector showed thousands of reports, with spikes in Outlook and broader Microsoft 365 complaints. This marks the second consecutive day of notable issues for Microsoft's cloud productivity suite in 2026. Microsoft Service Health Status also points out that Microsoft 365 is experiencing service degradation:

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Downdetector logged 12,380 reports of an outage in Microsoft’s Outlook email service as of 12:15 p.m. Thursday; 15,745 reports of an outage in the Microsoft 365 suite of cloud applications as of 12:17 p.m.; and 2,246 reports for the Microsoft Store as of 12:29 p.m.

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