Microsoft 365 Outage Resolving After Nearly 24 Hours

What happened

The Microsoft 365 downtime started at approximately 1 p.m. The company said the underlying issue has been fixed and it is seeing "broad recovery and stability" across its services as it works to restore access to customers. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond.

Exchange accounts in Apple Mail were also affected. Most calling, meeting, and messaging functions stayed online, but some users ran into errors scheduling meetings or adding calendar entries.

Businesses, educational institutions, and governments worldwide were impacted by the outage. Microsoft apologized for the outage and said it was unrelated to a cyberattack or AI agents (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question).