Microsoft Teams down: Remote working software offline as Europe works from home

dailystar.co.uk:

Remote working companion app Microsoft Teams is down as the company struggles to handle the surge in use as Europe begins working from home.

Hours after another Microsoft service, Xbox Live , went down as it saw increased demand, the Slack rival app has also seen a variety of connection issues.

Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration, as per its official description, and many companies use it for virtual conferencing and staying in touch when working remotely.

Thanks to the outbreak of coronavirus (or COVID-19), Europe has seen a huge increase in the amount of people being told to work from home, putting immense