MS NOW outages and problems
In the past 24 hours, 16 user reports came in for MS NOW. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.
The busiest 15-minute window had 2 reports, about 23 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.
MS NOW in October 2026
- Problem reports in October (since 27 October)
- 16
Monthly report for October 2026
What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for MS NOW, as a share of those reports:
- 100% Content won't load
Where MS NOW problem reports come from
Recent reports came from 8 areas. The most came from around Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:
- 13% Seattle, WA
- 13% Los Angeles, CA
- 6% Philadelphia, PA
- 6% Richmond, VA
- 6% Atlanta, GA
- 6% Orlando, FL
From 16 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.
MS NOW problem spikes, last 30 days
Since 27 October, MS NOW had no outage spikes or periods of elevated reports.
A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services
How to fix MS NOW not working
MS NOW is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:
Your browser tries to reach ms.now over your own connection, right now. Nothing is sent to us or stored.
Reload and restart
Reload the page (Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or fully close the app and open it again.
Try another connection
Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If it works on one and not the other, the problem is your network, not MS NOW.
Update the app
Install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play. Old versions can stop connecting after a server-side change.
While MS NOW is down: what to use instead
- Microsoft Start Use it for a similar feed of headlines and weather when the app will not open.
- MSN Open it in a browser for news and weather if you need a quick check without the app.
- Google News Use it to check top stories and follow topics if you only need news coverage.
- Apple News Use it on an Apple device for headlines and saved stories while the app is unavailable.
MS NOW IP address, servers and network
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Service updates from @MSNOWNews
No posts about problems from @MSNOWNews in the last 14 days. The latest is from .
Put the MS NOW status badge on your site
Paste one of these into a web page, a blog post or a README. The badge shows the same status as this page, based on user problem reports. Browsers can keep a copy for up to 4 hours. It links back here.
<a href="https://isitdownrightnow.app/services/ms-now/"><img src="https://isitdownrightnow.app/badge/ms-now.svg" alt="MS NOW status" height="20"></a>[](https://isitdownrightnow.app/services/ms-now/)The badge is a plain image: no scripts, no cookies. People who see it on your page load it from our server.
How we track MS NOW
The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for MS NOW, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for MS NOW, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.
When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. MS NOW doesn't publish a public status page that we know of, so user reports are often the quickest sign that something is wrong on their side.