Microsoft Outlook outage impacts government and business services worldwide
A global outage of Microsoft Outlook and related applications disrupted government agencies and banks in Singapore and affected users in 74 countries.
Microsoft is working to restore services after a global outage that left users unable to access Outlook and other applications on Friday, Nov 13. In Singapore, the disruption affected some government systems and caused email connectivity problems for banks DBS, UOB and OCBC. Singapore Airlines said the issue delayed responses to customer emails, though its flight operations continued normally.
The company reported ongoing recovery across affected regions, noting broader improvements in North America and continued progress in much of Europe. In the Asia-Pacific region, recovery was encouraging, but some users might still encounter intermittent access or delayed email delivery. According to outage tracker Downdetector, the incident impacted users in 74 countries and territories.