Microsoft 365 Outage Disrupts Work Across India
· Technology · India Today, BBC News, CBS News
A widespread Microsoft 365 outage on Friday caused significant disruptions to Outlook and Teams for professionals in India and other regions. Downdetector recorded over 1.3 lakh reports of issues with Outlook alone by late Thursday night. Employees in cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru reported chaotic meeting schedules and inaccessible email archives, forcing many to switch to alternative platforms like Google Workspace and Slack. The disruption effectively turned the workday into an unofficial half-day for many corporate offices.
Why it matters
The outage highlights the extreme dependency of modern corporate operations on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure, causing immediate productivity losses for businesses.
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