Without access to his services Microsoft As Teams and perspective as of Wednesday morning, there were tens of thousands of users around the world.

Over 5,000 people in the UK have reported being unable to access their Outlook email service, according to Downdetector and the BBC.

Users have reported that other services such as Teams and Xbox Live are experiencing similar issues.

Problems have been reported in many countries around the world. Microsoft, for its part, said it was investigating the incident.

We’re investigating issues affecting multiple Microsoft 365 services. For more information, visit the admin center at MO502273.

— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) January 25, 2023

Microsoft Teams is used by over 280 million people worldwide. It is an integral part of the daily work of businesses and schools that use this service to make calls, schedule meetings and organize workflow.

At the time of the outage, most users were unable to send messages, join calls, or use any features of the Teams app. Many users took to Twitter to share the news of the outage.

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