Microsoft restores Outlook, Teams after 24-hour global outage
What's new: Microsoft blamed a network capacity upgrade, not a cyberattack, after disruptions spread across more than 70 countries.
Microsoft restored Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services after a global outage that disrupted users for nearly 24 hours across more than 70 countries and territories. The company said the problem stemmed from an earlier network capacity upgrade that surfaced after a recent network change, and said there was no indication of a cyberattack or an AI-related failure. Governments, courts, hospitals, banks and businesses were affected, including agencies in Japan, Singapore and Australia. Microsoft said it brought services back in stages to keep them stable as systems recovered. The company said it will release a post-incident report after completing its review.