Manx government systems hit by Microsoft outage

People on the Isle of Man have been urged to use counter services and telephone lines to access government resources in the wake of a global outage of Microsoft systems.

Manx officials said due to emails are not currently being received, those with urgent needs should use other methods of contact.

The outage, which has seen connectivity issues with tools including Teams, Outlook, Copilot and OneDrive, is affecting public services and businesses across about 70 countries worldwide.

As well as central government systems, the issued are impacting the island's schools and Manx Care.

The healthcare provider has asked people with urgent matters to telephone the appropriate service, as emails and electronic forms were not being received.

A government spokesman said while its online services were still operating, the arrival of confirmatory emails would be delayed.

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