Paris - (AFP) - Several services of the Microsoft group, including the collaborative work tool "Teams" and the "Outlook" messaging service, were widely disrupted Wednesday morning around the world due to a problem with network settings, the American group announced on Monday. Twitter.

About three hours after the first signs were issued, Microsoft said on Twitter that it had "canceled" the last configuration update that caused the problem, according to the company.

"We are monitoring the return of all services to normal and some customers are reporting a decrease" in the disruptions, the group wrote just before 11:00 GMT (12:00 in Paris).

Many users around the world complained via Twitter about the inability to use the usual tools of the Microsoft group.

"I have an obligation to deliver it in half an hour via Thames and the servers are not working in India. Please fix the situation," one user wrote.

And through the specialized “Down Detector” website, incidents were reported in the United States and Europe that affected many other services belonging to the American giant, including the “Xbox Live” video game platform and the “LinkedIn” social network for professionals. However, the number of communications is declining.

On a dedicated information page, the computer giant acknowledged that some users were unable to access dozens of services including Teams, Exchange, Outlook, SharePoint or OneDrive for Business.

It seems that the problem is generally related to the connectivity issue.

The giant group in the field of informatics announced in the middle of this month its intention to dismiss about ten thousand employees by the end of March (about 5% of the total employees), attributing this step to the difficult economic situation and the change in the priorities of customers.

The group’s growth declined and its profits decreased during the last quarter of 2022, according to results it published on Tuesday, which indicates that the general economic framework affects even the giant groups in the sector.