Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page

Microsoft's email service Outlook is experiencing an outage that is keeping users from reaching it. According to the report shared on Hacker News, the problem is not limited to that: Microsoft's service status page is also unreachable at the same time. So users can neither get to their email nor follow the company's official statement.

The first question in this kind of outage is usually how widely it reaches. The status page being down as well raises the question of whether a single service or a broader piece of infrastructure is in trouble. The article gives no information about the cause of the outage or how many users it affects.

Outlook carries a large share of day-to-day correspondence, especially in the business world. Losing access to email can directly halt everything from meeting invites to file sharing. That is why the main thing for users is learning how long the outage will last.

According to the report, there is no clear cause or estimated recovery time for now. Once Microsoft's status page is back, more details on the scope of the outage and the fix are likely to emerge. Until then, keeping alternative communication channels at hand may help users.