Suryaa International Desk: A major global technical outage has affected Microsoft services. From Thursday night through Friday morning, key cloud services including Microsoft 365 and Outlook were disrupted, impacting corporate employees and general users. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector, over 130,000 complaints were registered regarding Outlook services alone.
The list of affected Microsoft services includes:
Outlook and Exchange Online: Users faced severe disruptions in sending and receiving emails, and issues with inbox loading.
Microsoft 365 Suite: Access to online applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint was halted.
Microsoft Teams: Problems occurred with office meetings and messaging services.
Microsoft Copilot AI: The AI assistant services were also affected.
SharePoint Online and Admin Center: Disruptions occurred in cloud file sharing and IT administrator portal services.
Microsoft Defender XDR and Azure: Security and cloud infrastructure services were impacted.
Regarding the cause, Microsoft 365 status reported on X that several servers stopped functioning unexpectedly, and failed automated health checks placed excessive load on the remaining infrastructure. Microsoft stated that it has diverted traffic to alternative routes and is restoring services in phases by restarting affected servers. The company indicated that services are gradually becoming available to users.