Widespread Outage Hits Microsoft Cloud Services Including Outlook and Teams
Microsoft confirmed a major server outage is disrupting Outlook, Teams, Azure and other cloud services for users in dozens of countries.
Microsoft said a server overload, not a cyberattack, is behind a widespread outage that has disabled Outlook, Teams, Microsoft 365, Azure, OneNote, OneDrive and Microsoft ToDo. The company indicated that some servers are not communicating properly and is working to increase capacity and restore affected machines. The disruption, which began more than 12 hours ago, is affecting users in over 74 countries, including city governments and service providers such as the United Kingdom's National Health Service, which warned that some patients might be unable to receive prescriptions during the outage.
Microsoft officials emphasized that the issue is technical in nature and that remediation efforts are underway to bring services back online.