Microsoft investigates widespread Microsoft 365 outage

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The Guardian left
An alert on Microsoft’s site said it was ‘aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact’ and blamed a server issue Microsoft says it is “aggressively pursuing all pathways” after users reported issues accessing its 365 suite of programs, including Outlook and Teams. On Friday morning, outage website Down Detector showed a spike in Microsoft 365 problems, with almost 50,000 reports of issues affecting access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams as well as enterprise services such a
Guardian Business left
Microsoft says some servers are returning to service and a recovery process is under way to end global outage Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams What happened and when will it be fixed? There are plenty of essential services that remain unaffected by the outage, which is largely impacting email systems. The Australian Medical Association said it has so far not received any reports that hospitals or clinics are impacted. Impact is largely restricted to the sending
The New York Times left
Microsoft reported an outage involving its sprawling set of software tools early Thursday afternoon. The outage, which the company said may affect business and consumer users in “any region,” has continued for at least four hours, customers reported.
The Washington Post left
Microsoft is still trying to fix a major service outage as Outlook, Teams and Copilot are down for users around the world. The company said it is seeing “incremental improvement” in some areas but still experiencing issues.
CNBC left
Microsoft suffered a widespread outage on Thursday and Friday, as engineers scrambled to fix server issues that caused disruption to millions of its customers around the world. Read more: cnb.cx/3UOklh6
Business Insider left
Microsoft 365's extended outage is now rippling into AI tools built to use email, calendars, and company files. https://bit.ly/48dbkBB
CNN left
Microsoft’s widespread outage left users across the US unable to access their Outlook email. The outage continued for much of the 9-5 workday across; the company later said it is “aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact.” https://cnn.it/3WGOCiB
NPR left
A widespread outage has hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts. n.pr/4kMZKo2
The Verge left
Microsoft 365 issues are cutting people off from their email right now. www.theverge.com/tech/1032226...
ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation left
Australia's cybersecurity chief investigating Microsoft outage - ABC News & Headlines
SaskToday.ca left
Microsoft confirms Outlook outage across the Americas, potentially the globe, amid U.S. Cyber Security Agency's discovery of Outlook vulnerability
Windows Latest left
“We’re tired of Microslop”: Microsoft asked for AI tips on the day a Microsoft 365 outage hit millions, and the top reply said to “make sure that your product doesn’t fail”

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NY Post Business right
Microsoft Outlook and Teams faced widespread outages in the Americas, with 140,000+ reports; check service status for updates.
Investor's Business Daily right
Microsoft stock fell after a widespread outage of Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook and Teams, hobbled business and government users. The post Microsoft Service Outage Give Software Giant Black Eye appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
The Economic Times right
Microsoft global outage: Is a cyberattack behind major service disruption? Tech giant’s top executive clea
ANI News right
Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams and AI services for over five hours
Fox Business Technology right
Microsoft says it has found no evidence of a cyberattack as a global outage affecting Outlook, Copilot and Exchange Online stretches into a second day.
Las Vegas Review-Journal right
Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps - Las Vegas Review
Rediff right
Massive Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, AI services
NewsNation right
Microsoft outage raises alarms about America’s cybersecurity | Katie Pavlich Tonight

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