Microsoft has been able to resume the provision of its widely used office applications like Outlook, Teams, and Copilot following a major global outage that had affected the business communication, court proceedings, law enforcement, and government functions in North America, Europe, and Asia on the second consecutive day. Although the problem has been identified as a software glitch and not the result of any cyberattack, the situation is expected to improve as the queues of emails have normalized even though some users could be experiencing temporary delays. The global incident that has disrupted trials in Britain, medication, and airlines and AI platforms has raised concerns globally among officials and experts about the risk of being dependent on an American tech firm.