Microsoft services begin recovering after global outage
Microsoft services began recovering on Friday after a global outage disrupted Outlook and Teams in more than 70 countries, affecting courts, pharmacies and government agencies. The company blamed an ‘elevated load’ and ruled out a cyberattack. Al Jazeera’s Matthew Torres reports.
SINGAPORE, Nov 13 – Microsoft says it is racing to resolve a global disruption affecting its apps and services. Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna ruled out a cybersecurity incident, saying the global outage was not caused by malicious activity or hacking.
A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.
Outlook and Teams failures impact government agencies, schools and businesses. Microsoft says some servers are returning to service and streamlined recovery process under way to end a global outage Microsoft begins restoring services amid global outage affecting Outlook and Teams Home affairs minister says Microsoft ‘do not believe they are dealing with a cyber event’ Australia’s federal police and security services were affected by the Microsoft outage, the heads of those agencies have confirmed.
Microsoft said on Thursday that efforts to repair a major outage of Outlook were not going as expected and the firm was seeking alternative solutions as users around the world were left without its crucial services. A map posted by Downdetector on X showed the outage affected users across the Americas and parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.
A Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Teams worldwide, with reports from scores of countries and territories. Problems from 74 countries and territories within about an hour.
A Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Teams worldwide, with reports from scores of countries and territories. The software giant said that efforts to repair the major Outlook outage are ongoing but not as expected.