Australian schools, courts and government services are grappling with a widespread outage that has rendered Outlook and Teams unusable, forcing a return to pre‑digital work practices. Reports of the Microsoft 365 disruption began early Friday morning, with a surge of more than 5,500 complaints by mid‑morning as users struggled to open and send emails. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is working to restore service, though progress has been slower than expected. The outage highlights the reliance on cloud‑based tools across public institutions.
Government services and schools impacted by Outlook and Teams issue as company says fix not ‘taking as expected’Microsoft outage – live updatesMicrosoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and TeamsAustralian schools, courts and government services have been hurled back in time to how business used to be done after a global Microsoft outage caused emails and online meetings to go dark.Australians began reporting issues with Microsoft 365 – which includes Outlook and Teams – just before 5am AEST on Friday, according to Down Detector. The problem appeared to peak at 9.22am with more than 5,500 reports of problems, including trouble opening and sending emails, before reports began to dip. Continue reading...
