Microsoft Outlook and Teams Outage Easing, But Full Recovery Timeline Uncertain After Over 24 Hours of Disruption

A global outage affecting Microsoft's Outlook and Teams communication platforms is reportedly easing after more than 24 hours of widespread disruption to businesses and governments worldwide. However, Microsoft has not yet provided a timeline for a full recovery of services. The incident, attributed to server issues, also impacted Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant and caused delays for trading firms, hindered some companies from publishing earnings, and prompted airlines to warn customers of communication lags. Microsoft has ruled out malicious activity or AI as the cause.