WorldBBCCourts, spies and MPs: How the Microsoft outage has been felt around the world
A Microsoft outage hit at least 74 countries, knocking out Outlook, Teams and Copilot for courts, governments, hospitals and spy agencies.
From city governments in the US to spy agencies in Australia, the Microsoft outage is being felt around the world.
A major Microsoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot services across at least 74 countries from the US to Australia.
US congressional staff lost access to their calendars, a Toronto hospital network declared a code grey, and some Japanese firms switched to fax machines.
Microsoft said it was working to restore services, but the outage highlighted how deeply a single platform is woven into daily government and business life.
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