Microsoft reports limited recovery as global outage exceeds 12 hours

Microsoft reported only marginal success repairing a global outage after more than 12 hours, CNN reported. The company said changes intended to improve service were not working as expected and was seeking alternative ways to increase capacity amid traffic management imbalances. The continuing disruption affected Outlook and Teams, with government employees in Japan switching to paper documents and courts in the Philippines reporting delays. Several airlines reported email support problems, but none reported flight disruptions. Microsoft said there was no indication that malicious or cyber activity caused the outage.