Microsoft says all services working again
US tech giant Microsoft says it has fixed problems that led to a global outage of its services. The glitch severely disrupted online communications in businesses and governments for more than 24 hours.
Microsoft announced on Saturday that its global outage affecting multiple services for over 24 hours has been resolved. The company addressed the underlying issue and restored service to impacted customers and regions, posting the update on X. Microsoft applications like Teams, Outlook, and Copilot were impacted, causing communication problems in numerous countries. The company blamed the outage on server issues, with no indication of outside interference.
The extensive outage, which began around 1725 UTC on Thursday, affected government agencies and businesses worldwide, hindering activities such as email communication and online meetings. Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernization reported that while the disruption did not severely impact federal government functions, it significantly affected businesses. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) had to rely on paper records instead of online data.
In total, over 7.4 million reports of issues were logged globally by Downdetector, an online outage monitoring company. This incident underscores the critical dependence of governments and businesses on a limited number of major tech companies. The problems at Microsoft are currently believed to be unrelated to a major communications outage affecting US aviation.
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