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[^1]\n\nMicrosoft is investigating a significant outage affecting Exchange Online, resulting in authentication problems and email delivery delays for users. [^2]\n\nReports of Microsoft Outlook problems spiked sharply on Monday late morning, jumping from around 37 reports to over 6,000 in a short window according to Downdetector. [^3]\n\nA widespread outage at Microsoft disrupted email traffic for millions of users worldwide on Monday evening, affecting both corporate customers of Microsoft 365 and private users of the Outlook email service. [^4]\n\nMicrosoft confirmed an interruption in Exchange Online, the cloud service supporting email, calendar, and contact functions for businesses, on August 31. [^5]\n\nMicrosoft 365 business services, including Outlook and Exchange Online, experienced a significant outage affecting many users on August 31. [^6]\n\nMicrosoft confirmed a global outage affecting Outlook email login, sending, and receiving on 2026-09-01. [^7]\n\nOn Monday evening, a massive outage affected Microsoft's email services, preventing millions of users globally from logging in or sending messages. [^8]\n\nMillions of users worldwide experienced serious issues logging in and sending or receiving emails starting Monday evening. [^9]\n\nDuring the outage on 2026-08-31, many users reported that their mailboxes failed to synchronize and the Microsoft 365 application locked, along with sign-in and send/receive problems. [^10]\n\nOn 2026-09-01, Microsoft stated that affected systems were gradually being brought back online and that most users could access services again. [^11]\n\nAccording to the outage monitoring service Downdetector, tens of thousands of Exchange Online users are impacted, facing challenges in receiving emails through Outlook and accessing the Exchange Online platform. 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