Microsoft struggles to restore services after global outage
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Microsoft is struggling to restore several services, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, after a global outage that affected tens of thousands of users. Reports of Outlook incidents peaked at nearly 140,000 on Thursday around 18:00 GMT, according to the BBC and Downdetector.
Microsoft is struggling to restore its services after a global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and its artificial intelligence software Copilot in particular. Reports of problems with Outlook reached nearly 140,000 worldwide at around 18:00 GMT on Thursday, according to outage-tracking site Downdetector.
Microsoft attributed the outage to several servers becoming “unexpectedly unavailable”, putting pressure on the remaining systems. The company said it was working to restore its services and warned that some restored features could become inaccessible again, while users in the United States, Japan and Singapore were still reporting disruptions, the BBC reports.
The outage is also affecting companies using Microsoft’s infrastructure. OpenAI said it was investigating a problem affecting its connections to Microsoft services, which prevented some tools from working normally. Electric truck maker Workhorse Group, meanwhile, postponed the release of its third-quarter results from 12 to 16 November, citing disruptions linked to the global outage.
