Microsoft Outage Disrupts Outlook and Teams for Thousands of Users

A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with nearly 130,000 users reporting issues accessing their email accounts, alongside problems with Teams and other services. Microsoft said it was investigating disruptions, attributing connectivity errors to elevated load on its infrastructure and servers failing during automated checks. The company is testing a fix and working to reduce impact. Earlier, Microsoft said it had successfully restored Teams issues in North America, though some users still reported connectivity problems. The outage affected Microsoft 365 services and its AI assistant Copilot.