Microsoft outage traced to company's own network upgrade

Microsoft's global outage, ongoing since Thursday evening, was likely caused by the company itself, according to Microsoft. Progress is now being made in resolving the issues. The disruption cut off businesses and consumers worldwide from core Microsoft cloud services, including Outlook and Microsoft 365. The cause was a problem introduced during a network capacity upgrade, not a cyberattack. Some infrastructure measures are complete, and traffic is gradually resuming, with improvements in email access and processing. The outage had severe international impacts, affecting Australia's intelligence agencies, Taiwan's financial firms, and prompting Euronext to advise phone communication. Germany reported significant economic impact, though federal authorities, Deutsche Bahn, and airports were unaffected. Austria's government and public transport also remained operational.