Home Computing News The bug hit Office documents opened from OneDrive and SharePoint links in classic Outlook racorn/123RF / Digital Trends Microsoft says it has started releasing a service-side update for a classic Outlook bug that caused Office files to load blank, show repair prompts, or trigger corruption warnings. The Outlook documents problem affects Word , Excel , and PowerPoint files opened through OneDrive and SharePoint links in classic Outlook. For workers who live in Microsoft 365, the bigger headache isn’t only the blank screen. It’s the uncertainty Outlook creates when a file that may be fine suddenly looks broken. Because the change is happening on Microsoft’s end, users shouldn’t need to install anything manually. A server-side update is rolling out The rollout began on May 4, 2026, and should gradually reach affected Microsoft 365 setups. Once it lands, users may need to restart classic Outlook before those links work normally again.…