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Microsoft apologizes as it scrambles to restore services from global outage

Microsoft apologised for a global outage that disrupted public services and businesses worldwide, saying it was a technical issue not related to cyber or AI activity. The company reported broad recovery across regions as it worked to restore services for more than 12 hours.

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  • We are deeply sorry for the disruption this incident has caused our customers and partners,

    Microsoft Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

  • We are seeing broad recovery and stability across our services. This was a technical issue not related to cyber or AI/agents.

    Microsoft Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

  • We need to know the systems that keep this country running won't simply fall over without notice,

    Prins Ralston Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

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Microsoft apologizes as it scrambles to restore services from global outage

74 countries and territories countries and territories affected by the outage

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  • 74 countries and territories countries and territories affected by the outage Sun English The disruption knocked out Microsoft products in 74 countries and territories, affecting users across the Americas and parts of Europe, Asia and Africa, according to the outage tracker Downdetector.

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  • more than 12 hours duration of restoration work Sun English as it worked to restore operations for more than 12 hours.

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