Everything we know about the Microsoft outage as Outlook and Teams remain down
Microsoft software used by hundreds of millions of people, as well as businesses worldwide, is still offline
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Microsoft software used by hundreds of millions of people, as well as businesses worldwide, is still offline
A disruption of Microsoft services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot stretched into Asia-Pacific business hours on Friday after affecting thousands of US users, as the tech giant struggle...
Australians wake to empty inboxes due to an issue with Microsoft's products, leading to cancelled appointments, grounded flights and School of Air's closure.
Microsoft Outlook went dark on Rita Elkazzi just as a volatile week in markets was coming to an end. As swings in AI stocks and bonds kept traders on edge, the UBS Group AG execution-sales...
A Microsoft outage involving services like Outlook and Teams has dragged on for hours and impacted many users, companies and some government operations as the tech giant struggles to fix Th...
Microsoft said that it was not aware of any “malicious activity” behind the hours-long disruption of its Outlook services. “As of now, we are not aware of any malicious activity that is cau...
Governments, doctor surgeries and even rival AI firms have been caught up, and the episode is sharpening questions about Europe's reliance on a handful of US tech giants.
Microsoft said a new patch is improving server stability after earlier fixes failed, and added it has not found any evidence that the outage was caused by malicious activity.
Can't send or receive email in Outlook this morning? You're not alone. The popular email client is offline for millions worldwide due to a massive outage. Microsoft has been firefighting th...
Microsoft outage hits businesses Air India and Indi Go issue alerts
Issue affecting Outlook, Teams and other services not caused by ‘malicious or cyber activity’, company says
Experts have been reacting to the major global outage this morning
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Andrew Couts of WIRED about a widespread outage of Microsoft products that has disrupted the life and work of thousands of people.
The tech giant is turning servers off and on again as it works to fix an outage affecting tens of thousands of users around the world.
“It’s been a bit of a disaster,” one Sydney-based bank executive said.
A global Microsoft outage has yet to be resolved, affecting hundreds of thousands of users, including in New Zealand.
The tech giant is turning servers off and on again as it works to fix an outage affecting tens of thousands of users around the world.
Risk advisory firm RSM Australia said the financial impact had already been massive after the systems had been down for 12 hours.
Tech company ‘seeing positive results’ with efforts and says no indication problem was caused by cyber-attack Microsoft outage – live updates Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsof...
A map posted by Downdetector on X showed the outage affected users across the Americas, and parts of Europe, Asia and Africa
Companies and consumers worldwide were affected by a major cloud-based service disruption at Microsoft. At Deutsche Bahn email communications were temporarily down.
Microsoft outage disrupts Teams, Outlook, Copilot and cloud services in the UK and worldwide, while the tech giant says there is no sign of a cyber attack
Rohingya refugee girls attend a class at their school in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A MAJOR UK supermarket has reported issues with its online systems amid Microsoft's continued global outage. Customers have been warned that certain online operations cannot be used. Asda h...
Microsoft 365 offerings, including Outlook and Teams, are down, with no end in sight as tech giant admits efforts to restore services are 'not taking as expected'
Microsoft said Thursday that it was not aware of any “malicious activity” behind the hours-long disruption of its Outlook services. “As of now, we are not aware of any malicious activity th...
Millions of users around the world have been unable to access many of its most popular services
Massachusetts workers are reacting as Microsoft continues Friday to face a widespread outage that has disrupted email services and caused error messages to appear globally.
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