Microsoft’s email and teamwork services have been having problems since Thursday afternoon. Outlook, Teams and Copilot were disrupted in dozens of countries for more than 11 hours, after Microsoft’s first attempt at a fix didn’t work, according to the BBC.
Microsoft says things are partly recovering, but Outlook is still affected. Teams calls, meetings and chat have mostly kept working, so you can still use them to stay in touch.
The good news is that this isn’t a cyber attack. Microsoft says it wasn’t a security incident, so there’s nothing you need to do or change on your side. What we don’t know yet is the cause, because Microsoft hasn’t shared one.
We also don’t know exactly when everything will be back to normal. We’re keeping an eye on it and will let you know if anything changes for you. For live updates you can visit the pages below.
Microsoft Status Page:
https://status.cloud.microsoft/
Microsoft X Issue Specific Updates:
https://x.com/MSFT365Status/status/2120938282204688468