A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps. NBC News' Marquise Francis reports on why this error is occurring.

According to DownDetector, thousands report they are experiencing issues with Microsoft services.

A major outage impacting Microsoft platforms, including Outlook, Teams and XBox Live, crippled communications for businesses across North America for hours.

Thousands of reports said the Microsoft services were not working properly on Thursday afternoon.

Long-term Apple fans will know that the site goes back to 1998, and it’s gone through several names — including Apple Tech Exchange and Apple Discussions — before settling o

"The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state. You can c

Apple on Tuesday abruptly placed the Apple Support Community into a read-only state and announced that the forums will be permanently closing on Friday, November 20. Those who contributed to the site — some for more than two decades — were blindsided by this decision and had no chance to post farewell messages.

Apple’s online community forum will close on November 20. On Tuesday night, Apple posted a message to the Apple Support Community announcing the forum’s closure: The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20,