Microsoft Outage Continues for Second Day, Disrupting Canadian Hospitals, Government Offices and Transit Services

A global Microsoft outage continued into its second day on Friday, disrupting communications at businesses and government departments worldwide.

The U.S.-based technology company said several Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot, were affected.

According to a report by CBC News, Microsoft attributed the disruption to server issues and said there was no evidence of malicious or cyber activity. The company did not provide a timeline for full service restoration but said resolving the issue remained a top priority.

In Canada, the outage affected hospitals, educational institutions, government departments and transportation services.

Several educational institutions also reported email service problems.

Some federal government departments and City Halls were also affected by the disruption to email services.