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Microsoft announced that Outlook and Teams services have returned to normal after a global outage lasting nearly 24 hours, affecting users in 74 countries. The company apologized for the disruptions and stated there is no evidence of malicious activity or cyberattacks. Email queues have significantly decreased, although some services remain unstable. The outage began Thursday afternoon, blocking access to various applications, with nearly 130,000 reports logged on Downdetector. Microsoft attributed the issue to high load and unexpected server unavailability, implementing measures to restore functionality. The incident impacted various organizations, including the Norwegian Parliament and the UK's NHS, with estimated costs exceeding $7 billion. Microsoft plans to investigate the incident to prevent future occurrences.