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Microsoft Outage Impacts Entities Under Portugal’s Health Ministry

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Microsoft Outage Impacts Entities Under Portugal’s Health Ministry
The Portugal News
A worldwide Microsoft outage that began on 12 November has disrupted Outlook email, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services for entities under Portugal’s Ministry of Health, and the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health (SPMS) says it is working with Microsoft to restore them.

📌 Key Highlights & Context

  • Global Microsoft outage hits Portuguese health sector
  • SPMS coordinating with Microsoft to restore services quickly
  • Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and Copilot 365 among the affected services

The Shared Services of the Ministry of Health (SPMS) confirmed to news agency Lusa that the global Microsoft outage is also affecting entities supervised by Portugal’s Ministry of Health and that they are working to restore the services as soon as possible.

An SPMS source said its teams are monitoring the situation and are "working in coordination with Microsoft, with a view to restoring the affected services as quickly as possible," without specifying which areas have been impacted.

Microsoft acknowledged that the outage on 12 November disrupted access to Outlook, Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Microsoft Copilot 365, ruled out a cyber‑attack, and admitted that the measures taken were not working “as expected,” while seeking alternative solutions.

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Microsoft outage affects entities under Portugal’s Ministry of Health