Microsoft says all services working again
Microsoft has resolved a global outage that disrupted its 365 applications, including Teams and Outlook, for over 24 hours. The company attributed the failure to server issues rather than external interference.
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Global outages of critical infrastructure software highlight the fragility of digital reliance in modern business and government operations.
US tech giant Microsoft says it has fixed problems that led to a global outage of its services. The glitch severely disrupted online communications in businesses and governments for more than 24 hours.
https://p.dw.com/p/5PRpv Prefer DW on Google The Outlook e-mailing app was one of the services affected by the outage Image: Md Mamun Miah/imageBROKER/picture alliance Advertisement The US technology conglomerate Microsoft said on Saturday that a more than 24-hour global outage affecting its Microsoft 365 applications used by businesses and governments across the world has now ended.
"We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions," the company posted on X.
Microsoft applications such as Teams, Outlook and Copilot were all hit by the outage, leading to communications problems in scores of countries.
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