Microsoft outage disrupts Teams and Outlook for thousands in Netherlands

nrc.nl (Dutch) —

Thousands of people in the Netherlands are experiencing issues due to a global outage affecting Microsoft 365 services, including Teams and Outlook, according to the ANP news agency. Nearly 2,800 reports about Outlook and over 200 about Teams were logged on allestoringen.nl by around 8:15 a.m. Friday. The outage began Thursday at approximately 5:15 p.m. Dutch time, with Microsoft attributing it to increased infrastructure load and denying any malicious activity. Microsoft stated on X that traffic rerouting measures have led to partial recovery in some regions, while it investigates further steps. The outage has impacted 74 countries and territories, with tens of thousands of users worldwide reporting problems on Downdetector.


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