Microsoft outage disrupts millions of users worldwide

A global Microsoft outage affecting Outlook, Teams, and other services disrupted millions of users, businesses, and government agencies. Recovery efforts continue, with the cause under investigation.

A widespread global outage in Microsoft services has disrupted the work routine of millions of users, businesses, and government entities around the world since Thursday evening. The glitch primarily affected the Outlook email service and the Exchange Online system, as well as Teams, SharePoint, and the AI assistant Copilot. According to the Downdetector website, at the peak of the event more than 130,000 reports of outages were recorded in the United States. The outage spread to Australia, Japan, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Microsoft attempted to restart affected servers and reroute traffic to alternative infrastructure, but some servers crashed again when users reconnected. The exact cause of the glitch is still under investigation, and Microsoft estimates that it is not a cyberattack. Recovery efforts are ongoing.