Microsoft 365, Outlook and Teams impacted by major tech outage

Microsoft suffered a significant outage on Thursday that impacted thousands of users across multiple regions, affecting key platforms including Microsoft 365 services, Outlook, and Teams. The connectivity problems began shortly before 1 p.m. and were tracked by Downdetector.com. Microsoft stated that the disruption was initially caused by elevated load across multiple regions, which was later determined to be the result of a number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable and failing automated health checks. By 4 p.m., the company began bringing affected servers back online using an alternative service health check method and prepared automated recovery systems to maintain stability.