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Microsoft Services Are Returning After An Outage Took Down Outlook, Teams And More

Health care providers, schools and governmental bodies are among those affected.

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Microsoft services that went down amid a widespread outage are gradually coming back online, the company said. An issue that impacted Microsoft 365 on Thursday afternoon took out services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot 365, disrupting businesses and organizations around the world.

The company toiled overnight to restore service. Around 10PM ET on Thursday, it said some attempts to "improve serviceability" didn't work as hoped. By 2:45AM the following morning, though, it was "seeing positive results for service stability and increased capacity as a result of our latest traffic optimization actions."

Around 8:30AM, the company reported "continued recovery progress across affected regions, with broader improvements in North America, sustained improvements across much of Europe and encouraging recovery signals in Asia Pacific." In an update 45 minutes later, Microsoft said that while some people...

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FBI seizes tools used by North Korean hackers, freezes $1.2bilion in stolen Binance funds

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Best Buy Slashed This 165Hz Gigabyte RTX 50 Gaming Laptop To $949

Apple Wants $50 for More AI Usage: How Much Do You Actually Get?

Samsung and Google AI Glasses Preorders Open at $395

FBI seizes tools used by North Korean hackers, freezes $1.2bilion in stolen Binance funds