EU institutions survive Microsoft outage unscathed – POLITICO

BRUSSELS — The European Union institutions kept calm and carried on regulating on Friday, as many other parts of the world muttered at their computers over a massive digital outage at U.S. tech leader Microsoft.

The European Commission, Council of the EU and European Parliament were able to carry on business as usual, with systems remaining largely unaffected.

Microsoft’s global outage, which disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot started on Thursday, with internet traffic monitoring site Downdetector reporting issues in at least 74 countries. The tracker logged nearly 140,000 reports of Outlook problems at its peak.