Live updates: Internet outage disrupts systems around Tampa Bay

A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets, stores and companies across the world, with problems continuing hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.

Around Tampa Bay, some stores are unable to process credit cards or use scheduling applications.

10:30 a.m. Flight operations “fully resumed” at Tampa International

In a post on X Friday morning, Tampa International Airport officials said “many flights” have been affected by the outage, and several were delayed or canceled Friday morning.

At 10:30 a.m., the airport issued an updated news release: “Flight operations have fully resumed at TPA. We encourage passengers to check their flight status directly with their airlines.”

— Ellen Clarke

10:47 a.m. Effect on local law enforcement, courts

The Hillsborough clerk of court reported that the outage affected their systems early Friday morning, but that the issues were quickly resolved.

Law enforcement across Tampa Bay was broadly unaffected by the Microsoft outage, spokespeople said.

The Pinellas and Hillsborough County sheriffs offices both reported no major effects to their systems.

Police departments in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater and Largo also indicated that no internal issues arose from the outage. The Florida Highway Patrol has also not observed any issues this morning, according to a spokesperson.

Federal courts for the Middle District of Florida, which includes the Tampa Bay area, reported that all court divisions were operational Friday morning, with hearings occurring normally in all courthouses.

— Dan Sullivan, Brandon Kingdollar

10:38 a.m. Gym back on track

Early Friday morning, the application used to book classes at Orange Theory was down at all Tampa Bay area gyms. At both the 6:15 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. classes, gym goers had to sign up in person, causing some confusion for the staff and guests. But as of 9 a.m., everything was back up and running, said Kristine Bui, who works at the downtown St. Petersburg location of the gym. ”We got a message from IT about an hour ago saying that everything was up and working,” Bui said. “Our system is rolling right now. We’re good.”

— Helen Freund

10:07 a.m. Grocery and restaurants

At Whole Foods in St. Petersburg, Register No. 1 is the only one working, the other three are down. Two out of six self check-out kiosks are down. The store uses an app called “Innerview” for employees to check their schedules. About 90% of employees woke up to blank schedules, so they were calling into work asking if they had been fired.

First Watch confirmed that all of their restaurants in the Tampa Bay area currently cannot process credit cards due to the outage.

— Gabrielle Lazor and Helen Freund