Microsoft’s massive Outlook outage collides with bad optics—from layoffs and buyouts to confusing updates

First reported by TechCrunch at Thu 1:03 PM · 6 outlets in all

1. Fast Company2hMicrosoft’s massive Outlook outage collides with bad optics—from layoffs and buyouts to confusing updates
2. The Verge3hMicrosoft’s massive Outlook outage continuesService is gradually starting to recover for Microsoft Outlook and 365 after an almost two-day outage impacting millions of users around the world. While some apps and features are still running in a degraded state, some people (including Verge staffers) are reporting that access to their emails has been restored, though the flow of Outlook
3. BBC8hWhy is the Microsoft outage lasting so long?Microsoft says it is seeing "improvements" following a global outage but efforts to fully resume services are ongoing.
4. Hacker News9hGlobal Microsoft Outage
5. ABC News20hMicrosoft Outlook outage updates: 'Progress toward recovery'Microsoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams.
6. TechCrunch20hMicrosoft’s Outlook email hit by new outageMicrosoft hasn't yet given a cause for the outage, which is affecting Outlook email users.