Microsoft announces recovery of all apps and services after IT outage

They confirmed the recovery of all 365 services, attributing the outage to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software.

After global IT outage, the Microsoft said on Friday that all previously impacted apps and service have “recovered.” 

“After an extended period of monitoring, we've determined that the issue is mitigated, and all previously impacted Microsoft 365 apps and service have recovered,” the global tech giant said on X.

Earlier on Friday, Microsoft said: "We’re aware of an issue with Windows 365 Cloud PCs caused by a recent update to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software."

Noting that Mac and Linux hosts were not impacted, CrowdStrike said: "This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed."