How Microsoft outage has affected key public services in the UK
A global Microsoft outage has caused widespread disruption to UK public services, including the NHS, police, and GP surgeries. Staff have been forced to revert to paper records and manual workarounds to maintain essential operations.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the critical dependency of public infrastructure on centralized cloud-based IT systems.
Microsoft outage has caused disruption to email and other vital IT facilities across the UK. Microsoft outage has caused disruption to email and other vital IT facilities across the UK. Microsoft Explainer How Microsoft outage has affected key public services in the UK Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents have had to find a workaround for Microsoft packages
Prefer the Guardian on Google Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents across the UK have been hit by the global Microsoft outage . Here’s how the disruption to email and other IT facilities has affected key services.
The NHS experienced “serious” and “widespread” disruption across the UK on Friday as a result of the Microsoft outage, with hundreds of hospitals, GP surgeries and community health services affected, senior health sources said.
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