Outlook emails begin arriving as Microsoft outage shows signs of easing

Outlook emails have started reaching some users as Microsoft’s systems show early signs of recovery, mbl.is reports.

Microsoft said earlier on Friday that there were initial indications its systems were returning to normal. Outlook has largely remained unavailable, but some emails appear to be coming through at the mbl.is newsroom and elsewhere.

It is too early to know whether the problem has been fixed or whether the improvement is temporary and limited to a small group of users.

The outage has left hundreds of millions of people unable to access email for about 18 hours. mbl.is described it as one of the largest system disruptions in the world.