California, Nov. 13 -- Microsoft on Friday (local time) issued an apology to customers and partners following a global outage that disrupted several of its services, including Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Copilot, saying it is witnessing "broad recovery and stability" across its services.

In a statement posted on X, Microsoft said the disruption was caused by a technical issue linked to an earlier network capacity upgrade, which surfaced following a recent network change. The company clarified that the incident was not related to a cyberattack or artificial intelligence (AI) agents.

"We are deeply sorry for the disruption this incident has caused our customers and partners. We know the trust they place in our services and take that resp...