Silhouetted pedestrians walk past a Microsoft office sign in New York
Users reported that Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot, were interrupted. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Users reported that Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot, were interrupted. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage

Tech company says services now restored to all customers and regions hit by one of worst IT failures in years

Microsoft has said its service is fully restored after a massive outage that caused widespread disruption to governments, businesses and public services around the world.