Microsoft down: All we know as outage leaves millions unable to access emails or Teams

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Millions have been impacted by a global Microsoft outage, which started on Thursday, that has hit workers and even several governments

A major Microsoft outage has caused widespread disruption across the world, with millions of people unable to access their emails and Teams.

The tech giant said it was working to resolve the problem but revealed initial efforts to fix the issues were largely unsuccessful. Reports of problems with Microsoft Teams peaked in the UK at around 6.15pm on Thursday, according to monitoring website Downdetector.

Microsoft executive vice-president Charles Lamanna said the outages did not appear to be the result of a cyber attack.

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Mr Lamanna, on X, said: "We regret that today’s outages caused disruptions for our customers, and we are working to address the issue. We will continue to share more information as soon as we have it, and for now I can confirm that there is no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity."

A range of Microsoft products and services have been impacted, from emails to artificial intelligence products.

Microsoft 365 Services have been impacted by "connectivity problems", these include: the messaging service Teams, Outlook emails, some aspects of its Cloud services and the AI software Copilot.

Users have reported varying levels of access, with some unable to send emails or others not able to send messages via Teams.

The tech giant has provided updates on official Microsoft 365 accounts but earlier Microsoft directed people to a page on its website for updates, but users complained the page did not load.

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