Glitch with consequences: Microsoft office programs running again after disruption
Meetings couldn't be properly planned, calendars were hanging: The Microsoft outage crippled central cloud services. Now there is a all-clear.
Microsoft has resolved a significant outage affecting its office software, including Outlook and Microsoft 365 services. The issue, which was not caused by a cyberattack, impacted several services such as Teams, Copilot, and interfaces with third-party providers like OpenAI and Anthropic. According to Microsoft, the problem was caused by a domestic issue that arose after a network capacity upgrade.
The outage has highlighted concerns about the risks of relying heavily on a single technology provider, with experts calling for greater diversification and resilience in digital systems.
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