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By Sam Stevenson
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Microsoft is scrambling to recover from a massive global outage just weeks after offering voluntary buyouts to more than a quarter of its workforce.
Starting Thursday afternoon, widespread disruptions crippled core Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Copilot, Exchange Online, and Teams.
More than 140,000 users across 74 countries reported issues on Downdetector as businesses worldwide were locked out of email and workplace tools.
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Microsoft confirmed the outage was not the result of a cyberattack, instead pointing to failing automated server health checks and elevated processor usage.
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By Friday morning, engineers were still working to stabilize systems after initial fixes failed to take hold.
The technical meltdown comes less than three weeks after the Redmond tech giant offered a "Voluntary Exit Offer" to roughly 60,000 eligible employees, approximately 27 percent of its 223,000-strong global workforce, across the U.S., U.K., Canada, and India.
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