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Microsoft services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot were unavailable worldwide for several hours.
For a few hours on Thursday and Friday, several hundred million computer users in around 70 countries experienced what monopoly capitalism means. A large part of the software company Microsoft's services were down.
Anyone who wanted to use the Outlook mail program, the chat and conference functions of Teams or the AI of Copilot literally felt cut off from the world. The consequences affected individuals as well as authorities, secret services, hospitals and other systemically important organizations.

A global disruption to Microsoft cloud services affected Outlook, Teams and Copilot. While the recovery is underway, critical infrastructure such as Deutsche Bahn and Lufthansa reported little impact. A cyber attack has been ruled out.

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A global disruption of Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook and Teams, is causing massive outages. According to Microsoft, an incorrect configuration change is the cause; There is no evidence of a cyber attack.

A massive disruption to Microsoft 365 services impacted businesses, banks and government agencies worldwide. Microsoft denied a hacker attack and cited server overload following a configuration error as the cause.

Worldwide disruptions to Microsoft 365 affected services such as Outlook and Teams. Microsoft rules out a cyber attack and cites increased infrastructure utilization as the cause. The recovery is gradual.