Global Microsoft outage disrupts email, work apps, and government services

A global Microsoft outage disrupted email, work applications, and government services, with the company struggling to fix the issue as servers repeatedly fail. The problems began Thursday, with over 138,000 reports for Outlook and tens of thousands more for Microsoft 365 and Teams. Downdetector logged issues from 74 countries. Microsoft's recovery efforts have been complicated, as some restarted servers failed again under load. The outage affected government institutions in Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, and Australia, plus airlines like IndiGo and Air India, though flight operations were unaffected. Microsoft has ruled out a cyberattack, with executive Charles Lamanna confirming the incident was not hacker-related.