Microsoft says email queues near normal levels following global outage disrupting Outlook, Teams and Copilot services for users.
Microsoft says email queues are approaching normal levels after a global outage disrupted its Outlook, Teams and Copilot services, leaving users across several countries unable to access some of the company’s products.
The company said it was seeing improvements but warned that some users could still experience intermittent access problems more than 20 hours after the disruption began.
Microsoft also said it had found no evidence of malicious activity linked to the outage.
The disruption affected businesses, government agencies, schools and other organisations that rely on Microsoft services for communication and daily operations.
NHS England said the outage was disrupting staff, although appointments could continue. Some schools also asked parents to contact them by telephone while email services remained affected.
In the United States, federal government agencies and court systems also reported problems linked to the disruption.
The outage has affected businesses beyond the technology sector. South African winemaker Peter Pentz told reporters that communication with exporters had been brought to a standstill.
In London, some office workers said they left work because they could not use email services.
