Microsoft outage shakes up companies, schools and local governments across US

Local officials warn some services remain unavailable even as Outlook starts to resume normal operations after outage

• Microsoft outage – live updates

The Microsoft Outlook outage has shaken up companies and local governments across the US that use its suite of email, calendar, video conferencing and cloud storage systems.

Even as Outlook started to resume normal operations Friday morning, local leaders from across the country, including in Miami, Maryland and Los Angeles, warned residents that certain staff or services were still unavailable due to the outage that started around 1pm ET on Thursday.