By Tim Marcin
Publication Date: 2026-01-22 21:52:00
Updated on Jan. 22 at 5:31 p.m. ET: Microsoft said it was working toward fixing a 365 outage on Thursday, though noted users may still be experiencing issues.
“We’re carefully rebalancing traffic across all affected infrastructure in the region,” read a statement on its 365 status page. “We’re proceeding as quickly as possible and this incremental approach will also help us identify whether any additional actions may be required to ensure longstanding recovery.”
Microsoft 365 suffered an outage on Thursday, affecting U.S. users going about their workday.
“Users may be seeing degraded service functionality or be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services,” the company wrote on its 365 status page.
Microsoft users reported being unable to send or receive email through Outlook, and services such as Teams and Defender may also be affected. Ironically, even the Microsoft 365 status page is having trouble loading for…