Microsoft restores services after global outage affecting 70+ countries

Microsoft announced Saturday that services were fully restored after a global outage lasting hours, affecting Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook, Teams, and Copilot. The outage, which began midday Thursday in the U.S., disrupted governments, courts, healthcare, businesses, airlines, and banks across over 70 countries, with Japan, Singapore, and Australia reporting operational impacts. Microsoft apologized Friday, stating the incident was not cyber-related but stemmed from an issue during a network capacity upgrade following a recent change. Over 430 million people use Microsoft 365 apps.