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Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business lifetime license for Mac or PC is on sale for about $90, offering Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote with offline installation and updates, providing a one-time purchase that can replace ongoing Microsoft 365 subscriptions for many users.
Microsoft is investigating a bug in the classic Outlook desktop client that makes the mouse pointer vanish, a problem that has also been reported in some Microsoft 365 apps. Temporary workarounds include clicking an email to restore the pointer, switching to PowerPoint and back, or restarting the computer; admins are advised to open a support case and submit diagnostic logs. There is no timeline for a permanent fix yet, though Microsoft has recently resolved another Outlook issue.
A bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot causes its Work tab chat to summarize emails—including those with confidentiality labels in Sent Items and Drafts—bypassing DLP protections. Microsoft began rolling out a fix in early February and is monitoring impact while assessing scope and remediation progress.
Microsoft is rolling out a feature that allows employers to access employees' device location data via its enterprise tools, sparking privacy concerns as who can view and control the data depends on admin settings and company policy.
Microsoft said a 365 outage disrupted Outlook and other services in the U.S., as it works to rebalance traffic across affected infrastructure and implement additional actions to restore full service, with some users still experiencing degraded functionality.
Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, faced heavy downtime with degraded functionality. Microsoft said a North America infrastructure issue is being addressed by rebalancing traffic and monitoring health telemetry, in an incremental recovery effort to restore services across affected platforms.
Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and other apps experienced a widespread outage after thousands reported issues on Downdetector; Microsoft said it was investigating and cited a possible third‑party networking issue. By about 18:44 UTC the company said the incident was resolved and the service environment remained healthy, though a small number of users continued to report sign‑in or access problems (with some Xbox app/store issues on iPad).
Thousands of Microsoft 365 users faced degraded access to Outlook, Teams and other apps. Microsoft acknowledged the outage, restored the affected infrastructure to a healthy state by about 4:14 p.m. EST, and began rebalancing traffic to a balanced state, though some users still reported issues and calls for compensation.
More than 15,000 users reported issues with Microsoft 365, including about 12,000 for Outlook and 500 for Teams, after a North American infrastructure problem; Microsoft redirected traffic to alternate infrastructure and is working toward full recovery, following a separate brief outage the day before tied to a third-party networking issue.
Thousands report outages across Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook and Teams, after a prior brief disruption. Microsoft says a portion of North American service infrastructure isn’t processing traffic and is working to restore it, with status updates via its official status page.
Microsoft is hit by a broad outage affecting its 365 suite (Office apps), including Outlook and Teams, with thousands reporting issues on Down Detector. The official status page has been intermittently available and returning HTTP 429 errors as Microsoft investigates and attempts to rebalance traffic. Outlook is among the most affected services, while recovery efforts continue and some admin/login issues persist.
Microsoft says it is investigating a service incident affecting Exchange Online, Teams, and the Microsoft 365 suite (MO1220495) that began on Jan 21, 2026, with users experiencing connectivity and sign-in issues. An Update later pointed to a possible third-party networking issue as the root cause. By the latest statements, access issues were resolved and the service environment remained healthy, but admins should monitor the Microsoft 365 Service Health Dashboard for tenant-specific impact and further updates.
ZDNET argues that Microsoft 365 Premium costs more without clear added value, as its AI credits are vague and hard to gauge. For most users, Personal offers desktop apps, 1 TB OneDrive per person, and Copilot at a lower price, while Family adds sharing but Copilot access is limited to the account owner. Basic is too limited for desktop Office apps. In short, skip Premium unless you specifically need its AI features and can tolerate uncertain limits; otherwise choose Personal or Family.
Microsoft's Azure cloud service is recovering from an outage that disrupted services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft, with full recovery expected by 6:20PM ET after initial issues around noon, caused by problems with Azure Front Door.
Microsoft Azure is experiencing a widespread outage affecting services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft, with issues also impacting the Azure portal and other related services globally, just before Microsoft's earnings report.