Widespread Microsoft 365 outage puts Baylor coursework, communication on pause

By Abby Rathburn | Staff Writer Update As of 6:30 p.m., Microsoft is restoring access to certain affected servers. Students are beginning to receive emails from their Baylor account. Original Report Early Thursday afternoon, a widespread outage hit Microsoft 365 platforms, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot. The outage specifically affected Baylor students and faculty, as the university relies heavily on Microsoft 365 for daily operations and campus-wide communication. While all M365 platforms appear to be experiencing issues, Outlook errors appear to be the central issue for Baylor students. According to the outage tracker Downdetector, nearly 130,000 users reported problems accessing Outlook around noon. Amid campus disruption, Baylor University spokesperson Lori Fogelman said Baylor ITS is observing Microsoft’s progress as it works to restore access.

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