Microsoft and its various services are seeing outage spikes

Source: Matt Brown | Windows Central

If you’re having trouble signing into your Microsoft account across any of the various services you usually use, you’re not alone. As reported by Downdetector, Microsoft is seemingly experiencing big issues that are extending across a whole host of its services ranging from Xbox Live and Minecraft to Microsoft Rewards.

The problems seem to have begun around 2 p.m. ET and are ongoing. This is an active story. We’ll update as the situation evolves.