Microsoft announces "encouraging recovery" after global outage
Big tech says Microsoft 365 services are being re-established, but instability still remains for some users
TL;DR
- Microsoft 365 is experiencing an encouraging recovery after a service failure that started on Thursday.
- Some users may still face intermittent problems as the recovery process continues.
- Microsoft is focusing on restoring remaining affected environments and prioritizing email backlog reduction.
- The outage affected Microsoft 365 services like Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel globally.
- The failure stemmed from a crash in Exchange Online, impacting services dependent on it.
- The issue affected at least 74 countries, according to Downdetector.
- Microsoft has ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the outage.