Microsoft Outlook back online for some users
Access to Microsoft Outlook has been restored for some users in the UAE, The National can confirm. Users began receiving emails again on their Outlook accounts starting at about 5.20pm local time, on both desktop and mobile versions of the app. The restoration comes after Microsoft said on Friday that its email services were being restored in parts of the Asia Pacific region, after "broader…
Microsoft's Outlook service has returned for a portion of users in the United Arab Emirates, according to The National. Reports indicate users reconnected to their Outlook accounts around 5:20pm local time, both on desktop and mobile platforms. This comes after Microsoft announced on Friday that it was restoring email services in parts of the Asia Pacific region, following positive developments in North America and sustained improvements in Europe.
Microsoft clarified that while restoration is underway, some users might still encounter intermittent access problems or delays in email delivery as the situation progresses in the remaining affected infrastructure. The outage had impacted Outlook, Teams, and the Copilot AI service for millions of individuals, businesses, and governments globally on Thursday and continued into Friday.
Microsoft stated that traffic is being restored gradually, with improvements observed in critical customer scenarios such as mailbox access and delayed email processing. The company emphasized it has found no evidence of a cyberattack causing the disruption. Experts caution that a prolonged outage of Microsoft's collaboration tools could have a "cascading" impact on businesses, potentially causing significant financial repercussions as the issue persists.
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