From Mashable · Olivia Tauber · · 30s
Microsoft Outlook Outage Cause Revealed
Microsoft says a server health check component caused widespread Outlook failures.
In brief
Microsoft says a server health check component caused widespread Outlook failures. Microsoft identified a server health check component failure as the cause of Thursday's Outlook outage affecting 130,000 users. Originally reported by Mashable.
Microsoft outage cause
Microsoft identified a server health check component failure as the cause of Thursday's Outlook outage.
“may originate from a specific component on the affected servers”
Outage impact
Nearly 130,000 Outlook users reported problems loading inboxes and sending emails.
Microsoft response
Microsoft deployed targeted changes to bypass the component on some servers to restore service.
What matters most
Microsoft identified a server health check component failure as the cause of Thursday's Outlook outage affecting 130,000 users.
