Microsoft Outage LIVE: Microsoft’s global outage rolled into Friday, with Outlook users still unable to open inboxes, log in, or send and receive mail. Teams has also been hit, with people reporting dropped connections and certain features failing to load. Microsoft says Teams has begun recovering in North America. The trouble started on Thursday and has since spread across Asia-Pacific, including India, Australia and Japan. According to Microsoft’s most recent status notes, restoration is moving more slowly than planned, and server faults continue to hobble services that rely on Exchange Online. Downdetector logged a fresh surge of complaints even after reports dropped from their peak of close to 130,000 Outlook issues in the US. Microsoft attributed the disruption to a large number of servers going offline without warning, which left the remaining infrastructure carrying extra load. Its engineers are working to bring services back and steady the affected systems. The episode has renewed questions about how heavily businesses and individuals lean on Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem, since a fault at one infrastructure provider can ripple out to users around the world.
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Microsoft Outage LIVE: Teams Chats And Meetings Mostly Holding Up, But Scheduling And New Chats Hit
Microsoft says the main Teams functions, including chat and online meetings, are still working for the most part despite the broader disruption. Some tasks are proving harder, though. Setting up meetings and starting fresh chats may fail, since both rely on Exchange Online, the company’s cloud email service.
Microsoft Outage LIVE: Victoria Warns Of Opportunistic Scams As The Disruption Drags On
Authorities in the Australian state of Victoria have cautioned residents that fraudsters may try to cash in on the global Microsoft outage. People are urged to steer clear of links they weren’t expecting and to hold back personal details if they get a call from someone claiming to be from a bank or a tech company.
