Microsoft cloud outage disrupts services worldwide

Microsoft cloud services, including Microsoft 365 and Outlook, have been disrupted since Thursday evening Belgian time, affecting both business and consumer users globally. The outage, felt in Belgium and abroad, impacted hospitals, universities, and railways, with Downdetector reporting 74 affected countries within an hour. Microsoft suspects a rollout caused a CPU spike, triggering a chain reaction of servers entering maintenance mode. Microsoft is rerouting traffic and isolating infrastructure to test fixes, but says measures have had less effect than expected. The duration of the outage remains unclear.