# Microsoft says 365 services are fully restored after outage

> Microsoft said on Saturday morning that all its business and consumer services are working again after a global outage that began on Thursday and also hit the Netherlands.

Economy · published 2026-11-14 11:18 · https://nlnow.nl/a/microsoft-says-365-services-are-fully-restored-after-outage/

Microsoft has restored all its business and consumer services after the major outage, the company said on Saturday morning. A technical problem with Microsoft 365 had left applications such as Outlook and Teams unavailable or only partly available since Thursday.

The disruption had effects worldwide, including in the Netherlands. Earlier on Saturday Microsoft said consumer products and services were back, while business services were still recovering. The company said it was monitoring the backlog of email messages built up during the incident.

Microsoft wrote on X: “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying cause of the incident and have restored services to the remaining affected customers and regions.”

Given the severity of the incident, Microsoft said it will keep watching the situation for a longer period to make sure no further corrective action is needed.

Microsoft apologised on Friday. “We are very sorry that this outage affected our customers and partners. We know they rely on our services working, and we take that responsibility extremely seriously,” the company said.

Microsoft described the cause as a technical problem that has nothing to do with cyberattacks or AI.

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