Microsoft Resolves Widespread Outlook, Teams Outage

Microsoft experienced a significant outage affecting its Outlook and Teams services on Monday, impacting thousands of users worldwide. Reports indicated that around 86% of the issues reported on Down Detector were related to Outlook, with users struggling to access emails and calendars. Microsoft acknowledged the problem stemmed from a 'recent change' in its systems and began deploying a fix, which had reportedly reached about 98% of affected environments by midday. Despite this, many users continued to experience difficulties, highlighting the time-consuming nature of such updates. The outage coincided with the rollout of Recall AI, raising questions about its potential connection to the disruption. While this event was notable, it was not on the scale of other significant tech outages in recent history.