Widespread Microsoft Service Outage Affects Outlook, Teams, and 365
A significant service outage struck Microsoft on Thursday, impacting critical productivity tools including Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365. The disruption, which began shortly before 1:00 p.m. ET, affected thousands of users across North America according to Downdetector. Microsoft attributed the connectivity errors to elevated infrastructure load across multiple regions caused by a failure in a specific component responsible for processing server health checks. While Microsoft worked to restart impacted servers and prevent further degradation, reports of service disruptions were also noted among Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google users.
Topics: Cloud Computing Infrastructure Failure Software as a Service
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