Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more down for users in India

Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more down for users in India

Multiple Microsoft services, including Outlook and Teams, are down for thousands of users in India. The company said that it is investigating the issue. Per the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, over 3,000 users were unable to access Teams, the popular business communications platform. The company's other services such as Azure, Microsoft 365, Store, and LinkedIn have also been affected.

Issues began to surface around 12:30 pm IST

The outage's wide impact suggests that the server hosting Microsoft's services has been hit. The cause of the outage is yet to be disclosed. Issues began to surface around 12:30 pm IST. Many users encountered a "there was a glitch, and we're recovering" message on Teams. Some netizens believe that the outage is a result of the mass layoffs announced by the company.