March 3, 2025 at 7:25 ET: Reports of Xbox outages appear to have gone down. Xbox Network is still down for some in the UK, but the spike shown on DownDetector indicates the network’s availability is trending in the right direction. Other Microsoft services, such as the Microsoft Store, still seem to be struggling.
Good morning, happy Monday! Or rather, it is unless you’re trying to use a Microsoft service, most notably, Xbox.
I noticed this myself while trying to launch Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on my PC through Xbox Game Pass, being told that I needed to be online. Except I am online.
And so is everyone else experiencing the issue. A quick search on social media shows a number of similar reports specific to Xbox, with others indicating issues with services such as Teams, Outlook, and even the Microsoft Authenticator app.
What I see trying to launch Black Ops 6 this morning. (Image credit: Windows Central)
Ever reliable crowdsourced information aggregator, Down Detector, shows a similarly bleak story. Spikes for outages are being reported across Xbox, Call of Duty (which is probably the same issue), Minecraft, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and even the Microsoft Store.
