Microsoft outage disrupts hospitals, police, and email for millions globally

A global Microsoft outage has caused one of the most severe disruptions to corporate digital services on record, with restoration proving difficult and impacts spreading to hospitals, police, and government agencies. The failure has lasted over 12 hours, which experts call highly unusual for a company with Microsoft's capabilities. Gergely Orosz, a former software engineer, told the BBC it could be the most serious corporate email outage ever, affecting over 100 million users. In Britain, police, parliament, and the National Health Service are struggling with email access, causing delays in prescriptions and ambulance services. Schools and governments in Japan, Australia, and the Philippines are also affected, highlighting the concentration risk of relying on a single technology provider.