Key Highlights

  • MSFT shares fell 1.36% pre-market today to $515.89 from a prior close of $523.00.
  • A Microsoft 365 outage began Thursday and has affected Outlook, Teams and Copilot.
  • The company reported early signs of stabilization, with service still variable.
  • Microsoft said it has seen no evidence of malicious activity.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares fell in pre-market today as a Microsoft 365 outage that began on Thursday dragged into a second day. The stock was at $515.89, down 1.36% from the prior close of $523.00, which followed a 0.36% gain in the previous session.

Outlook, Teams and Copilot were affected across regions. The company said the outage began on Thursday afternoon.

Recovery Updates: Stabilization Signs but Capacity Not Normal

Early Friday, the company said some fixes were not taking effect as expected and that capacity had not returned to normal. It also said it was seeing early signs of stabilization, but that service would remain variable.

The company said it has seen no evidence of malicious activity as a cause.

Affected Products Sit in the Largest of Three Segments

Microsoft 365 and Teams belong to the Productivity and Business Processes segment, which generated about $121 billion in fiscal 2025, ahead of Intelligent Cloud at about $106 billion and More Personal Computing at about $55 billion.

The Dividend Yield is 0.70%. The 52-week range runs from $349.20 to $559.15, and the consensus price target is near $610.

Restoration Progress and the Cause Are the Open Questions

The pre-market decline tracks an operational disruption rather than a financial result. Microsoft has said it sees early signs of stabilization and no evidence of malicious activity, so further updates on restoration and the root cause are the next points to watch.