Trump administration targets Microsoft with H-1B remark amid Outlook outage
As Microsoft worked to restore Outlook and other services after a major outage, Labor Department Inspector D’Esposito criticized the company on X.
On November 12, a major outage disrupted Microsoft's Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services, affecting users, businesses and government organizations across several countries. The US Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito mocked Microsoft after its email service began recovering from the disruption, highlighting the contrast between the technology giant's ability to process 6,000 H-1B applications and its struggle to restore access to users' inboxes.
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