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Microsoft Services Recover After 24-Hour Global Outage
Microsoft's Outlook, Teams, and Copilot services are recovering after a global outage lasting over 24 hours, impacting businesses and governments worldwide. The company apologized, citing a technical issue from a network upgrade, not a cyberattack.
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What happened
- 01Microsoft services Outlook, Teams, and Copilot are recovering after a global outage exceeding 24 hours.
- 02The outage impacted government agencies in Australia, Japan, and the US, and was reported in 74 countries.
- 03Microsoft attributed the disruption to a technical issue during a network capacity upgrade, not a cyberattack.
- 04Executive Charles Lamanna confirmed no indication of malicious or cyber activity behind the outage.
- 05This is the second major Microsoft 365 service disruption this year, following an outage in January.
The disruption began Thursday and affected users in 74 countries, including Israel, with over 130,000 reports in the US at its peak. This is the second major outage for Microsoft 365 this year.
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