Microsoft said on Friday that its efforts to resolve a global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and other services were not progressing as expected, forcing the company to seek alternative ways to restore connectivity after a disruption that had affected users in 74 countries and territories. The problems began on Thursday and left millions of people around the world unable to access essential workplace tools, including email and online meeting services. Businesses, banks, government agencies and courts in several countries were among those affected. ...