Hotmail down | Hotmail service unavailable – Windows Live Messenger Services which includes Hotmail went down Tuesday morning.

A lot of troubled users encountered the “service unavailable” message when they tried to sign in to their Windows Live accounts and Hotmail accounts.

Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group.

Update – MSNBC issued this statement:
“This morning, around 9:30am PST, the Windows Live ID sign-in service experienced a partial outage that caused some customers to not be able to sign into services using Windows Live ID for approximately one hour,” Microsoft said in a statement.

“The service is now restored to normal. Microsoft apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused customers.”