Microsoft Services Face Outage, Outlook and Teams Disrupted

Microsoft 365 services experienced a major technical outage across the globe on Thursday, disrupting several applications, including Outlook and Microsoft Teams. The services remained inaccessible for more than five hours, affecting users and workplace operations. The disruption also impacted connectors associated with artificial intelligence services offered by companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic, creating further difficulties for users relying on these platforms.

Responding to the incident, Microsoft stated that the outage was caused by additional load on its servers and clarified that increased user traffic was not responsible for the disruption. The company said efforts were underway to restore the affected services. Microsoft is continuing to monitor the situation and working towards bringing all impacted applications back to normal operations.