Microsoft 365 Outlook and Teams Disrupted Nationwide for Nearly a Day
· Technology · Times of India, Indian Express
A global Microsoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook email and Teams calendars across offices, starting late Thursday India time and persisting into Friday evening, with intermittent issues reported until late Friday night, according to the Times of India. The problem centred on Exchange Online, affecting mailbox access for millions of users in India and globally, as confirmed by Microsoft India president Puneet Chandok on LinkedIn. Companies including Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and IBM shifted operations to alternatives like StreamCart and Slack, while airlines and airports faced email communication failures, with Air India rerouting messages and IndiGo directing passengers to its 6E Skai chatbot. HDFC Bank confirmed its services remained available despite the disruption, and travellers had to download boarding passes from airline websites or apps when confirmation emails failed to arrive. The outage marked the second major disruption since October 2025, when MS Azure services experien
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Millions of Indian office workers, airlines, banks and travellers faced operational paralysis during Friday, disrupting daily productivity, travel coordination and business communications across sectors.
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