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Microsoft says services fully restored after hourslong global outage

Microsoft says services fully restored after hourslong global outage

Microsoft says services are fully restored after a massive, global outage that lasted for hours

Microsoft Outlook, Teams outage eases after over a day; recovery timeline uncertain

Microsoft Outlook, Teams outage eases after over a day; recovery timeline uncertain

Nov 13 (Reuters) - A global outage of Microsoft Outlook and Teams was easing on Friday after more than 24 hours of disruption crippled online communications across businesses and governments, though the company said it still had no timeline for full recovery of services.

The Microsoft outage means no incessant email chimes or message pings, but still we stayed online

The Microsoft outage means no incessant email chimes or message pings, but still we stayed online

It was the sound of e-silence

Microsoft outage drags on for hours, disrupting Outlook, Teams for businesses and governments

Microsoft outage drags on for hours, disrupting Outlook, Teams for businesses and governments

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Microsoft services such as Outlook and Teams were disrupted for about 10 hours on Thursday as the tech giant struggled to fix issues with some servers, hitting businesses and government agencies globally that use the popular platforms.

Microsoft outage spills into Asia-Pacific business hours despite 'partial recovery'

Microsoft outage spills into Asia-Pacific business hours despite 'partial recovery'

Nov 12 (Reuters) - A disruption of Microsoft services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot stretched into Asia-Pacific business hours on Friday after affecting thousands of US users, as the tech giant struggled to fix server problems it blamed for the outage.

Microsoft meltdown triggers global disruption. What happened?

Microsoft meltdown triggers global disruption. What happened?

Microsoft is restoring service after a server error limited access for tens of thousands of users around the world. Here's what we know.

Microsoft's global outage eases after disrupting businesses, governments for nearly a day

Microsoft's global outage eases after disrupting businesses, governments for nearly a day

Nov 13 (Reuters) - A global outage of Microsoft Outlook and Teams was easing on Friday after nearly 24 hours of chaos that crippled online communications, forcing some organizations to revert to fax and halting at least one European bond repurchase.

Microsoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outage

Microsoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outage

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.

Microsoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot worldwide

Microsoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot worldwide

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft’s Outlook, Teams and Copilot were still down on Friday as one of the company’s worst outages stretched beyond 12 hours, disrupting communications for businesses and governments worldwide.

Microsoft Says ‘No Evidence of Malicious Activity’ in Global Outage of Outlook and Exchange Email as It Begins to Restore Services

Microsoft Says ‘No Evidence of Malicious Activity’ in Global Outage of Outlook and Exchange Email as It Begins to Restore Services

Microsoft on Friday was still struggling to restore service to millions of Outlook and Exchange email users more than 18 hours after its servers crashed and became unavailable. In an update on Microsoft’s Service Health Status page Friday morning, the company did not explain what triggered the catastrophic outage but said that it did not […]

Faxes, phones and Bluetooth: Microsoft outage forces businesses to find fixes

Faxes, phones and Bluetooth: Microsoft outage forces businesses to find fixes

By Iain Withers, Liang-sa Loh and Inti Landauro LONDON/TAIPEI/PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Old-school technology including telephones, faxes and Bluetooth limited the damage for some people on Friday as a worldwide outage of Microsoft's Outlook left millions without email.