‘Strangely calming and unnerving’: How Microsoft’s massive outage upended the corporate workday

First reported by Hacker News at Fri 12:18 AM · 4 outlets in all

1. MarketWatch3h‘Strangely calming and unnerving’: How Microsoft’s massive outage upended the corporate workdayA widespread Outlook outage delayed a corporate earnings report, and left users scrambling to submit their schoolwork or find alternate forms of communication.
2. Wired(subscription required)5hThe Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the WorldCountless businesses, schools, hospitals, and governments have found out the hard way what it means to rely on a single company’s systems to get things done. And next time could be even worse.
3. The Verge10hMicrosoft’s massive Outlook outage might be overService is recovering 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 on Friday morning, some people (including Verge staffers) reported that access to their emails had been restored, though the flow of Outlook mail
4. Hacker News16hGlobal Microsoft Outage