Microsoft 365 outage disrupts services worldwide

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Microsoft had a big service outage. Now, its service works again for all.

Governments could not work. Businesses had problems in many countries worldwide.

In the UK, many services stopped. Hospitals used paper, and courts had problems.

Other countries had problems too. Schools and emails did not work well.

Microsoft said why the problem happened. We depend too much on one big company.

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What happened to Microsoft’s service?

Microsoft had a big service outage, but now its service works again for all.

Who had problems because of the outage?

Governments and businesses had problems in many countries worldwide.

What did people say was the reason for the problem?

Microsoft said why the problem happened, and people said we depend too much on one big company.

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