MIcrosoft

[Freenow54]

I spent most of yesterday afternoon trying to reinstall Copilot. I was not aware of the issue with Microsoft. Why were we not advised . Are we considered Ignorant by the Geeks there ? I installed it this Morning less than 5 minutes . Now I can attend to what I want to do. So am I missing something ? I am trying to turn this into a Positive . Can anyone tell me if there ais a way or signs that I should be looking for?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

As far as the Microsoft thing is concerned. If I notice a website or program that is connected to the internet not working. I will usually use Downdetector (website) or look up "is x thing down," and you'll get an answer on whether the product is working or not

 

[Freenow54]

As far as the Microsoft thing is concerned. If I notice a website or program that is connected to the internet not working. I will usually use Downdetector (website) or look up "is x thing down," and you'll get an answer on whether the product is working or not

That was one of the problems .This site worked , and the news sites opened , but is it an app? or do you have to search it ? Funny like I said that website opens

 

[Gumbies R Us]

That was one of the problems .This site worked , and the news sites opened , but is it an app? or do you have to search it ? Funny like I said that website opens

So Microsoft issues were and are currently with Outlook 365 (the overarching branch of the apps). If you suspect it's an app not working, but the website is fine, always double-check the support site to see if something is glitchy with the app/s.

Although I must admit this is a strange issue how it is affecting just outlook (the app) not microsoft websites or windows pcs

 

[Freenow54]

So Microsoft issues were and are currently with Outlook 365 (the overarching branch of the apps). If you suspect it's an app not working, but the website is fine, always double-check the support site to see if something is glitchy with the app/s.

Although I must admit this is a strange issue how it is affecting just outlook (the app) not microsoft websites or windows pcs

Just effected Copilot . It sent me down a rabbit hole saying Edge was out of date , and Copilot would not accept questions just kept repeating that at the top. I am not a Techy guy , but can reason most things out. I tried deleting , and reinstalling , not knowing if I would lose my History with it. But I have written down your previous advice . If you have more I would certainly appreciate it

 

[EnterName]

Although I must admit this is a strange issue how it is affecting just outlook (the app) not microsoft websites or windows pcs

They obviously haven't said so publicly, but it's probably due to "CVE-2026-124194". It's an Outlook vulnerability and instead of risking it being exploited they probably opted to shut it down until they were able to fix it.

It should be working again by now.

 

[Freenow54]

They obviously haven't said so publicly, but it's probably due to "CVE-2026-124194". It's an Outlook vulnerability and instead of risking it being exploited they probably opted to shut it down until they were able to fix it.

It should be working again by now.

Yes this Morning I re installed Copilot in less than 5 minutes and all history is intact

 

[BryanM]

Microsoft had a major server related issue, it affected more than just M365/outlook, and unless they come clean on what really happened we will never know.

 

[EnterName]

Microsoft had a major server related issue, it affected more than just M365/outlook, and unless they come clean on what really happened we will never know.

They provided an official statement as far as I know, but if that's actually the cause is always a bit sketchy. I'm a Software dev and the last thing companies do is to provide the actual reason for an outage to the customer
It's always the same. You, the dev, explain what happened, the customer service says "well, we can't tell our customers THAT?!" and then they make up some excuse.

 

[MC Blowfish]

It was a headache yesterday as I had several people asking me about their email. At least I could re-direct their frustrations to Microsoft, and not something that I might have done.

 

[Freenow54]

They provided an official statement as far as I know, but if that's actually the cause is always a bit sketchy. I'm a Software dev and the last thing companies do is to provide the actual reason for an outage to the customer
It's always the same. You, the dev, explain what happened, the customer service says "well, we can't tell our customers THAT?!" and then they make up some excuse.

Listen They are Trying to Lower our Mental anguish in case of the Machines finally taking over . They are posting negative things about somebody