Microsoft outage hits Outlook, Teams, and Copilot worldwide

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A major Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, and Copilot on Thursday and Friday, affecting government agencies and businesses worldwide. It is the second Microsoft 365 interruption in 2026. The disruption lasted over 12 hours, with Microsoft attributing the issue to server failures and ruling out malicious activity. Agencies in Australia, Japan, and the US were impacted, causing business delays and airline communication warnings. This follows a January Office 365 outage and an October Azure cloud failure. Other recent major tech disruptions include incidents at Cloudflare, AWS, and CrowdStrike.


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