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Owned by The South FirstService stability improving, Microsoft says amid major outage affecting over 430 million people
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Microsoft’s cloud services suffered a global outage that began on November 12 and lasted roughly ten hours, disrupting Outlook, Teams, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online and Copilot for millions of users across 74 countries. The company said a portion of its infrastructure was experiencing elevated load, contributing to connectivity errors, and extended the mail timeout to 48 hours. In India, airlines including Air India, IndiGo and Akasa Air reported email‑based customer support disruptions and issued passenger advisories. Mainland China felt only minimal impact because 21Vianet and domestic applications insulated local firms, highlighting a lesson in data sovereignty.
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The more-than-12-hour outage has left millions worldwide without access to Outlook email, Teams meeting tools, and other staples of modern office life. Banks, governments and courts in multiple countries are affected. The post Service stability improving, Microsoft says amid major outage affecting…
