Widespread issues reported with Microsoft products: Downdetector

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Tens of thousands of users are reporting issues with Microsoft products in Canada and the U.S., according to outage tracker Downdetector.

Tens of thousands of users reported issues with Microsoft products in Canada and the U.S. Thursday afternoon, according to outage tracker Downdetector.

There were nearly 140,000 reports of problems using Microsoft Outlook as of 1:30 p.m. ET, the website reported.

Microsoft’s service incidents social media account said it was investigating.

“We’ve determined a portion of infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which is likely contributing to the connectivity errors,” it wrote online.

Issues were also reported with Copilot and Microsoft 365, the subscription suite that includes various apps like Word, Excel, Teams, OneDrive and others.

Some Microsoft users took to social media to lament the outage, while others encouraged the company not to fix the issue too quickly.

Downdetector.com also noted reported issues with Amazon Wed Services (1,350) and Gmail (1,000), shortly after 2 p.m.

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