Microsoft announced that full access to its major software services had been restored, bringing an end to disruptions that had crippled government offices, traders' operations and businesses around the world.
In an update on its service status website, the company said that all sites are now operational.
As for Microsoft 365 services, the company said that the backlog of emails had been cleared, resolving the issue.
The affected services included Outlook, Teams and the AI tool Copilot.
Outage affects more than 70 countries
The disruption spread worldwide, with users in more than 70 countries reporting problems, according to internet outage tracking platform Downdetector, which recorded hundreds of thousands of reports.
Microsoft attributed the outage to a “technical issue” that originated during an earlier network capacity upgrade and whose effects emerged following a subsequent update.
The company also stressed that the incident was unrelated to any cyberattack or to AI systems or agents.
In an official statement, Microsoft said: We are currently seeing widespread recovery and stability across our services.
In an update on its service status website, the company said that all sites are now operational.
As for Microsoft 365 services, the company said that the backlog of emails had been cleared, resolving the issue.
The affected services included Outlook, Teams and the AI tool Copilot.
Outage affects more than 70 countries
The disruption spread worldwide, with users in more than 70 countries reporting problems, according to internet outage tracking platform Downdetector, which recorded hundreds of thousands of reports.
Microsoft attributed the outage to a “technical issue” that originated during an earlier network capacity upgrade and whose effects emerged following a subsequent update.
The company also stressed that the incident was unrelated to any cyberattack or to AI systems or agents.
In an official statement, Microsoft said: We are currently seeing widespread recovery and stability across our services.
