Microsoft suffers global outage weeks after offering voluntary buyouts to over a quarter of workforce
Key points
- Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to more than a quarter of its workforce several weeks earlier
- Global Microsoft 365 outage affected Outlook, Copilot, Exchange Online and Teams; Downdetector showed over 140,000 users in 74 countries reporting issues
- Microsoft said it was not a cyberattack, but failing automated server health checks and elevated processor usage
Per Newsweek, Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to more than a quarter of its workforce several weeks ago. Starting Thursday, core Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Copilot, Exchange Online and Teams, suffered a widespread outage. Downdetector showed over 140,000 users in 74 countries reporting issues. Microsoft said the outage was not a cyberattack, but was caused by failing automated server health checks and elevated processor usage.
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