Microsoft restored access to its email and video conferencing tools on Wednesday after thousands of users were unable to connect to the services for several hours.
The outage, which affected Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook and Microsoft Teams, began shortly after 2 a.m. ET. The company said on Twitter around 5 a.m. ET that it “isolated the issue with a networking configuration issue.”
At 7:45 am, The company said All its services are available.
These programs are critical for many businesses that are temporarily left without key communications services. The company did not say how many users were affected, but Thousands of people reported outagesSome take to social media.
Microsoft reported its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday Slowest growth in six years, with profits down 12 percent and revenue up 2 percent over the previous year; Both figures fell below Wall Street expectations. The earnings report came after the tech giant said it would make a “multi-year, multi-billion dollar” investment in OpenAI, the start-up that designed the chatbot. ChatGPTas Microsoft Amazon seeks to compete with rivals like Apple and Google by further developing artificial intelligence technology.
Company announced last week It will lay off 10,000 workers, accounting for less than five percent of its payroll.
