OUTLOOK DOWN: THE INTERNET REACTS TO MICROSOFT’S OUTAGE
On Thursday, a widespread Microsoft outage disrupted Exchange Online mailboxes and services like Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot across the Americas. According to Variety, user reports exceeded 129,000 on Downdetector shortly after connectivity errors began. Microsoft announced that a cluster of servers became unexpectedly unavailable, straining remaining systems as engineers worked to restart them, according to ABC News. More than 120,000 users logged access issues with email and chat platforms, according to NBC News, prompting the company to redistribute traffic.
Rather than mourning the loss of their inboxes, corporate employees treated the sudden outlook down dilemma as an excuse to log off for the day. Here are 18 of the best reactions.
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