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Thousands of users around the world are sharing all kinds of messages about not being able to access Microsoft services, including Teams and Outlook.
The news has become the number one trend in social networks of people who are wondering about the problems they are experiencing, which in addition to the aforementioned services also seems to affect Xbox Live and Microsoft 365.
The tech giant said that is investigating and reported that it has carried out an update to its systemema which may be linked to the registered inconveniences.
Before, he had initially explained that it was an “isolated problem with his network configurations” and that he was analyzing the strategy to carry out the update “without causing an impact.”
In another message, he referred to the fact that he was also investigating a connectivity problem with his cloud service, Azure, which was affecting a large number of users.
Microsoft Teams is used by more than 280 million people worldwidemainly as a fundamental part of companies and schools, where it is used for calls, meetings and organization.
According to Downdetector, a site specializing in detecting problems that arise in the network, service interruptions have been reported in many regions of the world, with thousands of alerts in India and Japan.
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The drop comes a day after Microsoft reported that its sales rose only 2% in the last three months of last year, but that its profits fell 12%.
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It is estimated that some 280 million people connect through Microsoft Teams in the world.
This slowdown in sales means it posted the company’s lowest growth in more than six years.
A week ago the company also announced the layoff of 5% of its workforce, that is, some 10,000 workers.
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