Microsoft continues restoration efforts following global service outage

Microsoft is working to restore core services including Outlook, Teams, and Copilot after a major technical failure disrupted operations worldwide. The outage, which originated late Thursday, impacted commercial and public sector entities across 74 countries and territories. In England, the qualifications regulator Ofqual reported that the disruption temporarily blocked its ability to process formal complaints and official communications.

Microsoft stated that internal investigations point to elevated infrastructure loads that impaired connection management processes, adding that there is no evidence of malicious activity. Engineering teams faced delays during recovery efforts as heavy network traffic repeatedly hampered system restart procedures. Technical teams continue to monitor network stability while services are progressively brought back online.

Sources: Canarias7, El Mundo, France24, La Vanguardia, Marca