A major outage at US-based Microsoft has made its Outlook email service unavailable and affected business operations at Japanese companies. The latest information on recovery progress and the scope of the impact has been reported.
A major outage at US-based Microsoft has made services including its Outlook email application unavailable. The outage is directly affecting companies' routine business processes and has become a threat to business continuity.
Companies in Japan have also been affected, with reports of disruptions to business operations, including sending and receiving email. Work to restore services is reportedly under way, and the scope of the impact needs to be assessed.
The information currently available does not specify the cause of the outage or a concrete recovery timetable. In light of the scale of the impact, affected companies are expected to continue securing alternative means of communication and monitoring the effect on their operations.