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Microsoft Outage Gums Up Markets, Forces Traders to Use Phones
Bloomberg Technology · By Ruth Carson, Bernadette Toh & Matthew Burgess ·
The Brief · written from 4 sources
- Microsoft 365 and Outlook services, including email and chat, have been inaccessible for more than 12 hours after an outage began on Thursday.
- Microsoft is racing to restore access, and its fixes have repeatedly failed according to The Register.
- Financial markets were disrupted, with traders at UBS forced to use phones and alternative channels.
Why it matters
Teams relying on Exchange Online, Outlook or Microsoft 365 chat may have been unable to communicate or work for an extended period, and the disruption is ongoing according to the sources.
Who’s affected
- Organizations relying on Microsoft 365
- Organizations relying on Exchange Online
- Outlook users
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Timeline
Outage begins (Thursday), per The Register
Outage still ongoing after more than 12 hours, with fixes failing
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