Microsoft Outage Cripples 430M Users Across 74 Countries

The outage began Thursday and impacted 74 countries and territories within hours, leaving millions without access to their emails while banks, governments and courts crashed.

Microsoft 365 is starting to recover as its outage enters a second day.

BERLIN — It was the sound of e-silence. No Microsoft Outlook email chimes, no Teams message pings, no new notifications and, very possibly, no work getting done. Microsoft 365 teetered on the edge …

Not receiving your work emails? That's because Microsoft has been hit by a global outage.

Ongoing Microsoft outages have led companies across Japan to dust off fax machines, with employees now using the old-school tech to complete tasks during the widespread blackout.

Our dependence on a small number of tech companies strikes again.

Japan's government emails go down, New Zealand halts visa processing | Anadolu

OpenAI says you can trust Astra's judgment. I gave it a real agent workflow during an outage to see if that holds up.

A widespread Microsoft outage has severely disrupted operations at businesses and public institutions across Iceland, affecting email services, telephone systems and critical infrastructure.

A global Microsoft outage lasting more than 12 hours disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services across more than 70 countries.

From Asia to the U.S., Microsoft's outage involving services like Outlook and Teams has dragged on for hours and impacted users, companies and some government operations as the technology giant …

The administration 'remains operational and business continues', Justice Secretary Neil Gray said.

Microsoft 365 services including Outlook and Teams have been experiencing issues for nearly 24 hours

From Asia to the U.S., Microsoft's outage involving services like Outlook and Teams has dragged on for hours and impacted many users, companies and some government operations as the technology …

Users of Microsoft Teams and Outlook in businesses and public services reporting problems

Conspiracy-minded commenters have found a striking connection between Microsoft's server woes and a wacky 1960 study claiming 'doomsday' will occur on November 13, 2026.

Plus, the gunman in the deadly Washington, D.C., shooting was a doctor embroiled in a legal dispute over his condo.

Microsoft notes 'no evidence of malicious activity' as it works to restore access to email and other services.

By Nils Adler and Heba Habib

Governments and businesses in Asia and Europe reported being affected by the outage on Friday.

The outage has impacted governments across the world, as well as healthcare providers and a range of organizations.

Workplaces, government agencies and schools around the globe were thrown into chaos after Microsoft's servers went down Thursday afternoon. The massive outage is impacting the entire Microsoft …

Microsoft suffers a massive cloud outage just weeks after offering voluntary buyouts to over a quarter of its workforce.

From city governments in the US to spy agencies in Australia, the Microsoft outage is being felt around the world.

SARS, the City of Cape Town and several major companies have reported disruptions as Microsoft's global Outlook outage continues to affect essential services.

Local authorities have also let the public know that their online services may be impacted.