Having Issues ??? Please Help !!

Question

There is an Issue With Logging into my hotmail.com Account . I read there is Issue when I Googled It . I Noticed a Couple Hours Ago . When Will the Issue Be Fixed ????

Answer 1

My personal speculation is that this is a denial of service attack, where the most likely source would be Iran. Just speculation, though. Microsoft has so far only been providing unhelpful, generic "explanations." Such as, overly busy routers, so busy they can't even provide their current status when queried.

Answer 2

An active Microsoft Outlook disruption is affecting some Outlook.com and Hotmail sign-ins today, November 12, 2026, but Microsoft has not published a reliable restoration time. ^1^

What to do now

1. Check Microsoft’s Service Health Status page, which Microsoft recommends for Outlook.com access problems. ^2^
2. If Outlook.com is not shown as healthy, wait and retry later. Microsoft’s Hotmail guidance specifically says to wait until the service is operating normally when status is not green. ^3^
3. Avoid repeatedly changing your password, removing the account, or reinstalling Outlook while the service incident continues. Those actions will not repair a server-side outage.

If service health becomes normal but sign-in still fails

Use Microsoft’s sign-in troubleshooter from the Hotmail support page. Your Hotmail password is the same as your Microsoft account password. ^3^

If the account reports that it is blocked or requests identity verification, follow the corresponding recovery option instead; that indicates an account-specific sign-in issue rather than the general outage.

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References

1. Microsoft's Outlook email hit by new outage | TechCrunch
2. Fixes or workarounds for recent issues on Outlook.com | Microsoft Support
3. How to sign in to Hotmail | Microsoft Support