Microsoft outage persists as global restoration efforts fail

tovima.gr (Greek) —

Microsoft's global Microsoft 365 outage continues, with restoration efforts failing. The company admits its interventions are not working as expected and is seeking alternative methods to bring servers back online, affecting millions of users worldwide. The disruption began Thursday, November 12, and has lasted over 14 hours, impacting Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and other services. Downdetector recorded around 138,000 outage reports, with issues spreading across 74 countries, including the US, UK, Japan, and Australia. Microsoft has not identified a definitive cause, ruling out cyberattack. The company is investigating a recent network configuration change and server process malfunction. No timeline for full service restoration has been provided.


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