According to PANews, a significant number of users were unable to access various Microsoft programs on Saturday afternoon, U.S. time. Data from Downdetector indicated a surge in reports of outages affecting services such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Azure after 3:30 PM Eastern Time. Over 37,000 users reported issues with Outlook, around 24,000 experienced problems with Microsoft 365 services, and approximately 150 users faced difficulties accessing their Teams accounts. The outages were most prevalent in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as per Downdetector’s findings.