Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by EvanAnderson on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:39PM
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As a data point: I just got a couple of automated Windows Defender vulnerability assessment notifications in my self-hosted email. That implies there's an unaffected portion of the infrastructure.
Outlook just popped an authentication dialog on me, too! That's more than it has been doing since 1300 Eastern.
I wonder if MSFT's corporate email is hosted outside the environment in a more "on-prem" style environment (i..e dedicated Exchange installs for MSFT's use). I can't imagine anybody inside MSFT would speak-up about it right now, but it would be interesting to know if they're fighting this thing w/o being able to use email themselves.
Outlook just popped an authentication dialog on me, too! That's more than it has been doing since 1300 Eastern.
I wonder if MSFT's corporate email is hosted outside the environment in a more "on-prem" style environment (i..e dedicated Exchange installs for MSFT's use). I can't imagine anybody inside MSFT would speak-up about it right now, but it would be interesting to know if they're fighting this thing w/o being able to use email themselves.