The Microsoft outage is disrupting email. These business leaders barely use it anyway.

A major Microsoft 365 outage sparked jokes and complaints as workers lost email and Teams access. Microsoft said overloaded infrastructure and unresponsive servers led to the disruptions. These business leaders say they hardly use email at all. A widespread Microsoft outage on Thursday left thousands of users struggling to access their emails, disrupting workplaces and government operations around the world. The outage affected Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and other Microsoft 365 services. In updates on X, Microsoft said overloaded infrastructure and unresponsive servers were contributing to the disruptions, which continued into Friday. "We regret that today's outages caused disruptions for our customers, and we are working to address the issue," Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna said in a Thursday post on X.

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