Microsoft has said it is investigating outages of some Office applications and cloud services with thousands or reports of people experiencing technical problems today
Microsoft has said it is investigating outages of some Office applications and cloud services.
An alert on the technology giant’s service status website on Tuesday said it was looking into a "network infrastructure" issue that was impacting access to Microsoft services. It comes just two weeks after the major IT outage through CrowdStrike which wreaked global chaos and saw thousands of cancellations and delays to travel.
The corporation wrote on social media: "We’re currently investigating access issues and degraded performance with multiple Microsoft 365 services and features. More information can be found under MO842351 in the admin center."
Minecraft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Azure are affected by the outage, according to DownDetector, which monitors IT outages across the globe. Thousands of reports have been made since 1pm today (Tuesday), but the issue is yet to be resolved.
Outlook, the company’s email and calendar system, has also been down, with users reporting they are currently unable to access their emails. Water suppliers including Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water as well as HM Courts Service are among the organisations saying they have been affected.
It comes after a flawed software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike impacted around 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide last Friday, bringing businesses and infrastructure to a standstill.
Banks, supermarkets and other major institutions were all reporting computer issues disrupting services, with some airlines warning of delays and some airports grounding flights. Trains were also affected with travellers told to expect disruption.
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