Microsoft outage continues as planned fixes are not working as expected, company says
Microsoft said it was routing traffic and restarting servers as more than 130,000 users reported Outlook problems and governments and airlines faced disruptions.
- On Friday, Microsoft confirmed a persistent outage affecting Microsoft 365 offerings including Exchange Online, Outlook, Teams, and Copilot. The Redmond, Washington-based company struggled to restore services for hours as engineers applied changes to improve serviceability that were "not taking as expected."
- More than 130,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook on Thursday, though reports have since declined from that peak. The disruption impacted businesses, government operations, and AI platforms like OpenAI and Anthropic across the globe.
- Hong Kong businessperson Danny Lau said his aluminum firm's Outlook accounts could not receive customer updates, warning if the situation dragged on it could "impact the production timeline." Workhorse Group Inc. also delayed its quarterly earnings conference call due to the outage.
- In Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Microsoft likened the global disruption to the 2024 CrowdStrike outage that grounded flights and disrupted banks. Agencies in Singapore, Japan, and The Philippines reported operational difficulties, while IndiGo rerouted email services to maintain customer support.
- Microsoft stated it found no indication of malicious activity and is treating the incident with "urgency and priority until full resolution." Engineers continue attempting to identify the problem's cause while applying changes to repair the affected infrastructure using a measured approach.
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The global spread of Microsoft services continues and on Fridays, more than 12 hours since the American giant reported the first problems with email services. Millions of users around the world have lost access to Outlook, Teams and other essential apps. Also, some airlines have signaled, through messages posted on social networks, disruptions of the...
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