Schools and Xbox gamers affected by Microsoft outage
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A global Microsoft outage has been affecting services such as Outlook, Teams and AI software Copilot leaving many people unable to access their emails.
There have also been reports of similar problems with Xbox cloud services stopping gamers logging into accounts or being able to play digital games.
Users across at least 74 countries are impacted, with more than 430 million people worldwide known to use Microsoft 365 services.
The company is working on fixing the issues and says the problems weren't caused by a cyber-security incident.
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Who has been affected by the Microsoft outage?
On Thursday evening around 140,000 people were reporting issues with Outlook, which is used to send emails and log appointments in calendars.
The issue continued into Friday with many schools asking parents to get in touch via phone instead of email.
Pupils using Microsoft Teams or One Drive for school work may also have been impacted
The outage has also been causing problems for doctors and staff working in the NHS, as well as the ambulance service and pharmacists.
Police forces are also telling people to call them, rather than getting in touch via email or online.
Meanwhile the UK Parliament, where the government is based, has said it has "alternative communication arrangements are in place".
Xbox gamers across the world have been facing problems logging into their accounts, saving their progress in games and being unable launch digital games.
The outage has continued for more than 20 hours, which BBC Technology reporter Laura Cress has said makes it very long lasting.
Microsoft says it is seeing "encouraging recovery progress" in Europe, and North America is "improving".
Platforms including Teams and Outlook are now working for some users.
But the company added that "some users may still experience intermittent issues".