Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams across Asia and US
Microsoft's outage affecting services like Outlook and Teams continued for hours across Asia and the US on Friday, disrupting users, businesses, and some government agencies, with the company struggling to resolve the issue. Microsoft said the outage impacted a wide range of Microsoft 365 offerings interacting with Exchange Online and email services, including Outlook, Teams, and AI assistant Copilot. The company stated it was trying different methods to identify the cause, adding there was no indication of malicious activity. Over 130,000 Downdetector users reported Outlook access issues on Thursday, though new reports have since declined. Australian officials compared the incident to the 2024 CrowdStrike outage, where a faulty update caused global disruptions, while OpenAI and Anthropic also reported connection difficulties with Microsoft 365 tools.