Microsoft resolves global Outlook and Teams outage after faulty update
Microsoft is gradually resolving a global outage of its services, including Outlook and Teams, that disrupted businesses and government agencies worldwide on Thursday and Friday. The company reports positive results from traffic optimization measures. The US tech giant said it is expanding these measures to further affected regions to ensure lasting stabilization. No evidence of malicious activity has been found, with an faulty update suspected as the likely cause, similar to the 2024 CrowdStrike incident. The outage affected Microsoft 365 services, including Teams meeting scheduling, the Copilot AI assistant, and interfaces for third-party AI services like OpenAI and Anthropic. Australia's intelligence agency and federal police reported disruptions, while US electric truck maker Workhorse Group postponed its quarterly results.