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

Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by k0morebi on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:18PM (#50478256)

I have the pro Microsoft copilot subscription at work just so I can search Outlook and teams since the native search doesn't turn up things when I search exact strings that are in the messages or use filters for other things like sender or recipient. Crazy to have to use an llm just to find an email

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by thirtygeo on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:52AM (#50478897)

I'm so deeply perplexed by how bad Outlook search is

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by EvanAnderson on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:03AM (#50478973)

The "Advanced Find" in pre-2016 versions of Outlook was superb. Then it was "de-emphasized" for the crap search that followed.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by NetMageSCW on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:15PM (#50489034)

Especially when they bought a superb product just for searching Outlook (LookOut), incorporated it into Windows Search and somehow destroyed it in the process.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by ezst on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:58AM (#50482258)

Did you make the mistake of enabling the "new" (web-based) outlook? At least AFAICT, the "classic" one hasn't regressed much/at all

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by k0morebi on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:30PM (#50488536)

I used legacy relatively happily when I had a windows laptop, but recently switched to a MacBook and it either forced migration or was already the new version (don't remember). The macos outlook is a bit borked too. Beyond the typical level for outlook. Can't create or edit rules anymore that save to server. Need to go into the web version via browser.

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