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Major Microsoft Outlook outage disrupts services in 74 countries

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Briefings

A worldwide outage on Thursday affected Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and Copilot, impacting tens of thousands of users across 74 countries. Microsoft attributed the disruption to elevated infrastructure loads and stated recovery was limited hours later.

Key points

• Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and Copilot services were down on Thursday due to elevated infrastructure loads.
• Recovery efforts were ongoing and limited hours later after the initial outage.

Context

This incident represents a significant global service disruption for Microsoft's enterprise and consumer users, affecting multiple communication and collaboration tools simultaneously.

Limitations

Evidence covers only the outage period on Thursday; specific user impact numbers beyond 'tens of thousands' are not provided, and exact recovery timelines are not fully detailed.

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