Microsoft: Major disruption locks out tens of thousands of users worldwide
Downdetector reported almost 130,000 problems with Outlook in the evening
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- According to Downdetector, almost 130,000 Outlook malfunction reports were registered in the evening, and there were also thousands of reports about Microsoft Teams and Copilot.
- Microsoft attributed the connection failures to increased infrastructure utilization in several regions.
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Why It Matters
Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Copilot are part of the Microsoft 365 cloud offering.
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According to the disruption platform Downdetector, almost 130,000 problems with Outlook were reported around 7 p.m. CET. At around 10:30 p.m. CET there were still around 50,000 reports.
The platform also registered thousands of fault reports with the Microsoft Teams communications service and the AI assistant Copilot. Both applications belong to the Microsoft 365 cloud offering.
"Part of the infrastructure is exposed to increased utilization in several regions, which is likely contributing to the connection errors," Microsoft explained on
Open Questions
- Which regions exactly were affected by the increased capacity utilization?
- When was the problem completely resolved?
- How many users were affected in total?
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This article was originally published by Spiegel Netzwelt.
