Microsoft's global outage eases after disrupting businesses, governments for nearly a day
MSFT•Microsoft said a broader rollout of software fixes was stabilizing its systems as an outage affecting Outlook, Teams and Copilot eased after nearly 24 hours. Downdetector logged more than 7.4 million reports worldwide; Microsoft said it was unaware of malicious activity and ruled out AI as the cause.
1. Service disruption eases
Microsoft said a broader rollout of software fixes was stabilizing its systems as a global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and its Copilot assistant eased on Friday. The disruption lasted nearly 24 hours and affected functions tied to Exchange Online, while unconnected applications continued to work.
2. Millions of reports
Downdetector logged more than 7.4 million reports worldwide, peaking at nearly 20,000 a minute, according to its parent company, Ookla. The outage affected government agencies and businesses, disrupted communications and delayed some earnings announcements and financial transactions. Microsoft said it was not aware of malicious activity and ruled out AI as the cause.
3. Business fallout
Some organizations reverted to paper records or fax to handle work, and one Taiwanese financial company used fax to confirm trades. A source familiar with the situation said a Taiwanese company cancelled a bond repurchase transaction. Microsoft outages also occurred in January this year and October last year.
