Microsoft had a rough Friday as a major outage took down Outlook, Teams, and Copilot for people and companies all over the world.
The tech giant admitted its recovery efforts weren't working as planned but reassured everyone that this wasn't a cyberattack, just a technical glitch.
Microsoft outage hits governments, airlines, businesses
The outage caused headaches for businesses in Hong Kong and Indian airlines (though flights kept running).
Even Singapore's government, Japan's IT systems, and the Philippines's Supreme Court felt the impact.
In the US Workhorse Group had to postpone its earnings call.
Australia's Home Affairs Minister compared it to 2024's CrowdStrike mess, pointing out how much we all rely on Microsoft these days.