Microsoft says making progress fixing one of its longest outages
Microsoft reported progress in restoring services after a global outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other products across more than 70 countries.
Microsoft reported progress in resolving an extended outage that has affected its flagship software and services globally. Users of over 20 products, including Outlook, Teams, and the Copilot AI tool, experienced continued errors on Friday. The company stated that email queues were approaching normal levels, but users could still encounter issues with various Microsoft 365 services.
No evidence of malicious activity was found, and the precise technical cause remained unknown. Organizations faced disrupted email and communications, with government offices in several countries reporting problems accessing their services. Microsoft had been providing hourly updates on its efforts to fix the issue, but a full restoration had not yet been achieved at the time of the report.
The outage highlighted the risks of relying heavily on a few technology providers for critical operations.
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