Microsoft’s massive Outlook outage collides with bad optics—from layoffs and buyouts to confusing updates
If you’ve checked Outlook email today only to find it unresponsive, you’re in good company. Millions of people worldwide are waking up to find that, for a second day, Microsoft’s email platform and many of its other online services are still down. Here’s the latest on what you need to know about the global Microsoft outage. What’s happened? Shortly after noon ET yesterday, November 12, people…
Millions of users worldwide are experiencing an ongoing outage of Microsoft's Outlook email service and several other online services, including Teams, since yesterday afternoon. The problem appears to be related to a portion of Microsoft's infrastructure encountering high traffic across multiple regions, causing connectivity errors.
Microsoft has not definitively confirmed the cause, though some speculate it could be tied to a configuration change or cyberattack. The company assures that traffic is gradually being restored, but intermittent issues may persist. Amidst the outage, Microsoft is also facing criticism for recent layoffs and buyouts, with some accusing the company of being overly focused on AI investments while neglecting critical staff and infrastructure.
Microsoft's stock price has dropped slightly in premarket trading, but the decrease may be due to the outage rather than the company's financial decisions.
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