Users across the world were sent into panic as Microsoft’s Outlook Email system seemed to suffer a global outage, with people reportedly being locked out of their accounts and unable to access their online mail.

Microsoft outage leaves thousands of users without access to email and apps . By Auzinea Bacon, CNN . 1 minute read . Published 5:37 PM EST, Sat March 1, 2025

The disruption, which has been resolved at the time of writing, was mainly contained to the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles areas.