Microsoft says all services working again
Microsoft announced on Saturday that a more than 24-hour global outage affecting its Microsoft 365 applications has ended, restoring services to remaining impacted customers and regions.
The US technology conglomerate Microsoft confirmed on Saturday that a global outage lasting over 24 hours has been resolved. The incident affected Microsoft 365 applications used by businesses and governments across the world, causing significant communications problems in numerous countries.
Server issues blamed
Microsoft stated it was "not aware" of any outside interference behind the outage, instead blaming the problem on server issues. The disruption marked one of the longest in Microsoft's history and was the second such incident this year.
We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions.
Global impact
According to web testing company Ookla, the outage began around 1725 UTC on Thursday. It made it impossible for users to send emails and hold online meetings. Germany reported significant impacts on businesses, while Britain's NHS was severely affected, forcing staff to use paper records instead of digital ones.
Downdetector logged more than 7.4 million problem reports worldwide during the incident. The disruption underscores the widespread and perilous reliance of governments and businesses on a very small number of Big Tech companies.
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