Microsoft services, including Outlook, hit by global outage

tagesschau.de (German) —

Microsoft services, including Outlook, are experiencing a worldwide outage. The company is working urgently to resolve the issue affecting its cloud offerings. The disruption impacts Microsoft 365 users globally, initially reported as problems with Exchange mailboxes in the US. Downdetector logged nearly 130,000 Outlook issues at 7:00 PM CET, dropping to around 50,000 by 10:30 PM, with thousands also reported for Teams and Copilot. Microsoft attributed the problem to increased infrastructure load and servers failing during automated checks. Efforts to restart infrastructure showed positive results early Friday, but the company later acknowledged setbacks, leaving the outage's duration unclear.


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