Microsoft users were unable to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services on Friday morning. Earlier, a Microsoft cloud services outage grounded planes in the US.
“We’re investigating an issue impacting users’ ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services,” the company said in a social media post.
On its status page, Microsoft said that impacted services include Microsoft Teams, with users unable to use group chats and user registration. Other Microsoft 365 services are also affected.
Downdetector reports a surge in South Africans reporting problems with Microsoft 365 from around 07:00 on Friday morning. Capitec users also reported problems with accessing the bank’s services. Capitec told clients that it was experiencing “nationwide service issues”.
Capitec said that card payments are not affected by the outage in a post on X. A push notification sent by Capitec to customers earlier on Friday claimed that card payments were impacted by the outage.
Hi @TermLee, we are currently experiencing nationwide service issues, affecting all services. The issue is an international issue which is affecting multiple banks and retailers. We are working hard to resolve this. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
— Capitec (@CapitecBankSA) July 19, 2024
Bloomberg reports that Microsoft resolved a cloud services outage that grounded planes and disrupted flight operations in the US overnight on Thursday.
Microsoft’s status pages showed its Azure cloud and Microsoft 365 services had had problems for several hours.
The Azure issues were localised in the central US region, the software company wrote.
In Australia, retailers, banks and media outlets were hit by a widespread cyber outage on Friday.
The outage appears to relate to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, a spokesperson for Australia’s home affairs minister told Reuters.
