Microsoft outage shakes up companies, schools and local governments across US
Even as Outlook started to resume normal operations Friday morning, local leaders from across the country, including in Miami, Maryland and Los Angeles, warned residents that certain staff or services were still unavailable due to the outage that started around 1pm ET on Thursday.
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- NHS suffering ‘serious’ and widespread disruption, while people are told of possible delays in receiving prescriptions Vital UK services have been hit by a global Microsoft outage that left hospital staff resorting to paper records and fuelled concerns about an over-reliance on a small number of tech companies.
A day of widespread disruption sent some sectors back to the 1990s, with court staff looking for fax machines and rail travellers being warned they might not be able to rely on digital tickets.
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