Microsoft outage live: millions still affected as disruption stretches beyond 18 hours
Microsoft reports it is ‘continuing to see improvements in service availability’, after millions of customers around the world suffered disruption Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage?
Key points
- As disruption affects users worldwide, Microsoft admits fixes are not going 'as expected'.
- Microsoft said the outage was caused by servers unexpected becoming unavailable, straining other systems.
- Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams What happened and when will it be fixed?
A Microsoft outage has affected services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.
Western Australia, along with jurisdictions around the world, is being impacted by a global Microsoft outage.
Additional details
- There are plenty of essential services that remain unaffected by the outage, which is largely impacting email systems.
- We are receiving updates from the Commonwealth who are working with Microsoft at the most senior levels to resolve.
- Microsoft are prioritising life, safety and Government services.
- The Australian Medical Association said it has so far not received any reports that hospitals or clinics are impacted.
- Impact is largely restricted to the sending and receiving of email.
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