Thousands of people were left stranded on Thursday when a massive outage hit key Microsoft platforms. According to the tracking platform Downdetector.com, the breakdown started just before 1 p.m.

The disruption affected Microsoft 365 services, Teams, and Outlook. During the height of the trouble, roughly 130,000 users logged complaints about Outlook on the monitoring site.

Other platforms affected

It was not just Microsoft facing issues at the time. Users also took to Downdetector.com to report outages on Amazon Web Services and Google.

Microsoft gave updates regarding the incident through its Microsoft 365 Status handle on the social media platform X.

“We are aware and investigating reports of users experiencing issues with Microsoft 365 services, primarily issues with Exchange Online. We appreciate our customers’ patience while we work to restore services as soon as possible.”a Microsoft spokesperson