A global Microsoft 365 outage has hit millions – what happened and when will it be fixed?

By Josh Taylor, Aisha Down and Mark Sweney•The Guardian - UK News

Problem affects businesses, government agencies and even tech firm’s own employeesMicrosoft scrambles to fix global outage affecting Teams and OutlookMicrosoft outage – live updatesTell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage?Millions of people were unable to access their emails, Teams chats or meetings on Thursday night and Friday after a Microsoft 365 outage brought down services across the globe.The outage has lasted for more than 21 hours, with meaningful signs of recovery visible beginning shortly before midday GMT on Friday. It affected businesses, government agencies and even Microsoft employees all over the world. Those reporting issues have included the US House of Representatives, an Australian spy agency, airlines in India, European government agencies, and police services, ambulances and hospitals in the UK. Continue reading...

Problem affects businesses, government agencies and even tech firm’s own employees

Millions of people were unable to access their emails, Teams chats or meetings on Thursday night and Friday after a Microsoft 365 outage brought down services across the globe.

The outage has lasted for more than 21 hours, with meaningful signs of recovery visible beginning shortly before midday GMT on Friday. It affected businesses, government agencies and even Microsoft employees all over the world. Those reporting issues have included the US House of Representatives, an Australian spy agency, airlines in India, European government agencies, and police services, ambulances and hospitals in the UK.

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