Global downturn for Microsoft, disruptions still ongoing. “We are defining alternative strategies”

ROME – Microsoft 365, Outlook and Teams suffered interruptions for about ten hours. The outage affected thousands of users all over the world: from the United States to Italy. Microsoft said it is still working to restore service to the affected servers: "We have monitored the status of the changes made so far and have found that they are not having the desired effects. We are defining alternative strategies to increase capacity, in the face of persistent imbalances in traffic management."

Microsoft previously reported that it had resolved a Teams outage that affected users in North America, noting that the issue had been completely resolved. Then, the company added that the outage affected connectivity to Microsoft 365 services for users in other regions.

Downdetector has seen more than 46,000 reports of problems with Microsoft 365 and approximately 3,000 reports from users who were having difficulty accessing Teams.

Australian Home Affairs and Cybersecurity Minister Tony Burke said the company believes it is not facing a cyber attack.

The company: checks in progress