Microsoft services face major outage; Teams, Outlook, Store stop responding

Microsoft services, including MS Teams, Outlook, Azure, and Microsoft 365, are down. Most of the outage reports are being sourced from Indian users. Downdetector has over 3500 reports for just Teams. LinkedIn, a popular professional social media platform, is also witnessing an outage. Outlook users in India have also recorded over 3,000 reports so far.

Microsoft has also acknowledged the issue. A tweet by Microsoft 365 Status read, "We're investigating issues impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services."

We're investigating issues impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services. More info can be found in the admin center under MO502273.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) January 25, 2023

Microsoft Azure, the company's public cloud platform, is also facing an outage leading us to believe that the server hosting Microsoft services has been impacted. Most users on Microsoft teams are unable to send and receive messages or even join scheduled calls due to the outage. 

Watch: Microsoft Outage: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams down

Teams and Outlook are two of the most used professional applications and the impact of the outage is leading to a meme fest on Twitter.

Me after realising MS Teams and outlook is down. #MicrosoftTeams pic.twitter.com/x1X2609hVE

— Yashdip Does Cricket 🏏 (@YASHDIPRAUT) January 25, 2023

#MicrosoftTeams

Microsoft teams has stopped which means work has stopped

Everyone: pic.twitter.com/BslPGQilqg

— Trojan_Horse (@Sampath0623) January 25, 2023

#MicrosoftTeams not working! @MicrosoftTeams @MicrosoftIndia

Employees are celebrating sudden leisure time in office. Looks like a festival.😌😌 pic.twitter.com/1na6ZM14FE

— 🇮🇳Tanmay Kulkarni🇮🇳 (@Tanmaycoolkarni) January 25, 2023

#MicrosoftTeams had other ideas🤣 pic.twitter.com/Krd2hertGI

— FAS (@callme_fas) January 25, 2023

#MicrosoftTeams when boss cannot see you are online or not bcz teams is down, employees be like pic.twitter.com/PbueZ6yLLR

— Sourav 007007 (@007007Sourav) January 25, 2023

Also read: Did Microsoft fire the wrong folks’: Twitter reacts to Microsoft Teams, Outlook outage

This is a developing story.