Microsoft outage disrupts Greek public services and Outlook email

A global Microsoft outage is causing disruptions in Greece, primarily affecting Outlook email services, with no full restoration timeline announced yet. Greek public sector services using Microsoft Outlook 365 are impacted, with mail accounts and licenses for Word and Excel offline. Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou stated systems are working, but email, Copilot, and Teams are affected for ministries using Microsoft servers. The minister noted the incident highlights the need for alternative methods and data categorization in state systems due to dependence on Microsoft. He added that no serious problems exist and restoration efforts are underway.