A Microsoft outage is affecting incoming emails to Montgomery County government programs and staff members, leaving employees unable to receive emails as of Thursday, November 12.
Montgomery County officials confirmed the disruption and said an update will be provided once the outage is resolved.
According to ABC News, Microsoft reported widespread issues Thursday affecting Exchange Online mailboxes and Microsoft Teams. The company said users across the Americas were experiencing problems accessing their email accounts, with potential impacts to Microsoft 365 services in other regions.
Microsoft initially identified elevated infrastructure loads as a possible cause but later determined that several servers had unexpectedly become unavailable, placing additional strain on the remaining systems.
A current Microsoft outage is affecting incoming email to Montgomery County government programs and staff members. Staff are unable to receive any incoming emails at this time. We will provide an update when the outage is resolved.
— Montgomery County MD Government (@MontgomeryCoMD) November 12, 2026
