Microsoft and its various services are seeing outage spikes

Outages are everywhere.

What you need to know

• Downdetector is reporting issues affecting a number of Microsoft services.
• People are saying they can't sign into their Microsoft accounts.
• Minecraft and Xbox Live are also suffering from similar outage reports.

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.