Singapore government Outlook services restored after global Microsoft outage

Singapore government Outlook services were fully restored Friday night after a global Microsoft outage disrupted products like Outlook and Teams across 74 countries for over 24 hours, with emergency services and Singpass remaining unaffected throughout. Microsoft attributed the outage to a technical issue, not cyber or AI-related causes, and restored services gradually to ensure stability. GovTech confirmed restoration since 11pm Friday, while banks UOB and DBS, plus SingHealth, reported their email services back to normal. Microsoft stated consumer products fully recovered and enterprise services showed sustained recovery, with a full post-incident report promised. Affected institutions advised customers to use phone or websites for urgent matters while clearing delayed queries.