# Anyone else affected by this Microsoft Outlook outage? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460 "2024-07-19T13:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/41 "2024-07-19T18:40:28Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > How will I get into tonight’s Roughriders game!?! It even would have let me buy a Roughriders ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/42 "2024-07-19T18:45:59Z")
Already have the ticket paid for; can’t download it to my phone. Why don’t you come on a road trip? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/43 "2024-07-19T18:49:31Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > They are giving out meal vouchers which also don’t work. > > I hear you have to soak them in water and then chew very thoroughly. He’s vegan. Not sure if that matters. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/44 "2024-07-19T19:07:40Z")
Well, a friend who visited was stuck in the airport overnight, now with luck gets home tomorrow morning (still at the airport, which is too far away for us to rescue her and be able to get her back there if the flight gets moved up), and has to turn around and drive for 8 hours to get a family member to a commitment, so we’re not directly affected, but disturbed none the less. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/45 "2024-07-19T19:53:05Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I don’t even know where you got the idea that Outlook was in any way involved, As I said, the texts and emails I received said “Global Microsoft/Outlook/Crowdstrike Outage”. I guess it would take a technical genius to be baffled as to why that message would cause an unsophisticated user to the idea that Outlook was involved. Especially since I had never heard of “Crowdstrike.” Apologies, **What Exit** , if this violates your direction that unspecified posters stop back and forth with me. Here’s the crazy thing. I played some music, then went out in the yard and read. I figured the Agency notified me via IM AND email (multiple times) that it was down, they would notify me when it came back up. I came back in and picked up my work computer to give it one last try - AND IT WORKED! There is an email with some vague guidance about using the times of peoples’ attempts to sign in as their sign-in times, and that people should work on offline work, Guess what? I have NO offline work. I sent a text to management, and they said there were “intermittent” difficulties and some people got back on around 930-10. Well, I was still trying then, and couldn’t get on. The Agency notified me of the outage, but no one in the Agency or my office saw fit to notify me that I should be able to sign back in?! What a fucked up organization I work for! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/46 "2024-07-19T21:20:14Z")
The extent of my issues with this outage – and indeed, I’m not 100 percent certain this was due to the outage – was that there was about a 10-minute period where I couldn’t access Missouri’s Food Stamps Portal (something that I need to do for my job a couple of times per week). ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/47 "2024-07-20T00:13:28Z")
We have tickets! We also have a thunderstorm warning. So be it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/48 "2024-07-20T01:42:09Z")
And we’re in! Mini-donuts, burger and beer. Up against the blue and gold evil Empire. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/49 "2024-07-20T01:54:56Z")
I’m _still_ working or re/running things. 😧 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/50 "2024-07-20T02:37:36Z")
No problems at work (except our Informatica server which was fixed by 8am). Tonight, after ZakDaughter told me we couldn’t go see Deadpool & Wolverine next Saturday as planned due to her work schedule, I was able to both buy new tickets for Friday night and request/receive a refund for old tickets on CMX Cinemas website. So all good here! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/51 "2024-07-20T03:37:55Z")
My entire job is e-mail slicing/dicing/julienning and security. Fortunately, any of our customers with M365/O365 issues either didn’t open a case with us, or were told by the frontline to go bug MS. The only Windows box in the house is my work laptop\*. Unfortunately, my company makes a competing product for a LOT of other software out there. Since we make and use our own antivirus product(s), the Crowdstrike problem didn’t give me any time off. My laptop worked just fine. I kind of got a headache when my wife mentioned the issues when I was getting ice and pouring my morning Dr. Pepper. But nope, thankfully no effects this time. Kind of feel like I dodged one there, because sometimes these global events make my life hell. With one of them, I got home after work and found out the case I’d been working on all day made the front page of the BBC. \* And its days are numbered. I might hate the Mac GUI, but I like underlying OS better. Going that way when I get a refresh. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/52 "2024-07-20T10:39:27Z")
It hit my hotel. Our poor night auditor, though very competent, was very stressed out. I had to reboot my computer about 5 times before it stopped rebooting itself. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/53 "2024-07-20T10:58:29Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > a major issue with Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm, that is affecting systems world-wide Nominative determinism at work. When I went to do my weekly shop yesterday there were repeated blaring announcements that the supermarket couldn’t accept card transactions, but by the time I’d got some more cash they’d got it back up. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/54 "2024-07-20T16:22:16Z")
Saw this yesterday. Reminded me of a similar issue we had years ago. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GS3fLkOW0AAXlIn.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GS3fLkOW0AAXlIn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/55 "2024-07-20T16:47:27Z")
Just to clarify, was there an issue with Outlook separate from the Crowdstrike issue? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/56 "2024-07-20T18:06:49Z")
Southwest was unaffected. The reason - they are running Windows 3.1. [Cite.](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-version-1992-saving-southwest-171922788.html) I wonder if they have a source to get hardware that will still run it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/57 "2024-07-20T18:50:22Z")
One option is for them to run Windows 3.1 as a virtual machine on a newer OS. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460/58 "2024-07-20T23:39:37Z")
Yeah, but then I’d expect the OS running the emulator to crash. At least if they kept up to date. Still, it might explain why they have had issues in the past. I thought that no one loaded updates of OS’s on mission critical systems until they were tested. Maybe the updates come too fast these days. When I started at Intel, we ran an older OS than I had on my personal laptop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460.md?page=2)