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Microsoft Outlook was down across the board for a brief time on Saturday. According to DownDetector, as well as countless posts to social media, Microsoft’s email and calendar service wasn’t allowing users to open the service throughout much of Saturday.

Microsoft Outlook is seemingly down nationwide, thousands of people have taken to report outages, according to Downdetector. Microsoft was not immediately available to

A heat map on the website Downdetector showed that Buffalo, Toronto, and New York City were among the hot spots for service outages.

Users are reporting that Microsoft Outlook is down. As of 2:51 p.m., DownDetector reported over 18,000 reports of an outage. When users attempt to access their email on the website, an error message pops up.

Some users attempting to log in to Microsoft Outlook received an error message. We're investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Outlook features and services. Additional details can be found under MO1020913 in the admin center.

Thousands of users reported issues or outages with Outlook and other Microsoft services on Saturday afternoon.

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

Here's a look at the status of Microsoft 365 products like Outlook that appeared offline in the afternoon on March 1.

Microsoft has announced the rollout of delivery and read receipts in Outlook for Android and iOS, enhancing the email experience for mobile users. This new feature allows users to track their emails’ delivery and reading status, providing greater transparency and control over their communications.