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‘Strangely calming and unnerving’: How Microsoft’s massive outage upended the corporate workday
Friday, November 13, 2026
A Microsoft Outlook outage on July 19, 2024, delayed a corporate earnings report and disrupted email access for users worldwide. Companies and schools sought alternative communication methods while the outage persisted. Microsoft did not immediately provide a public statement on the cause or duration of the outage.
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