Microsoft is investigating an issue with its Microsoft 365 service and its Teams app, with some users reporting to DownDetector that they are having problems using services such as Exchange and Outlook.

Microsoft said most Outlook and Teams services had been restored as of Monday evening, after facing a day full of technical delays.

Thousands of people reported issues with Microsoft Outlook Monday morning, according to Downdetector. Reported issues with the Outlook website and app began to spike around 9 a.m. Monday. By 12:30 p.m.

Several Microsoft programs, including Outlook, Microsoft 365, and Teams, are experiencing outages, according to reports on Downdetector.

Microsoft said it's working to restore many programs after an outage Monday, but said progress has been slower than expected.

Microsoft said a major Outlook and Teams outage would be resolved Monday night after facing a day full of technical delays.

In social media posts and comments on platforms like outage tracker Downdetector, some impacted said that they were having trouble seeing their emails, loading calendars or opening other Microsoft 365 applications such as Powerpoint.

The outage was another jarring reminder that the move to cloud services increases dependence on outside vendors that periodically fail to function. While security experts have lon

S ome office workers who rely on Microsoft Outlook and related productivity apps like Teams were discovered that those programs were taken down by outages early Monday. Reports of