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Microsoft's global outage hit UK public services for 18 hours
Microsoft's outage began late on Thursday afternoon and ran for at least 18 hours, affecting Outlook, Teams, and the AI tool Copilot worldwide. NHS staff fell back on paper records, and police forces said people could not report crimes on official websites. Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna said it did not look like a cyber-attack, with encouraging recovery seen in Europe.
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