India, April 27 -- Outlook, the Microsoft email application, experienced a significant outage on Monday, preventing numerous users from accessing the service.

According to the internet outage monitoring service Downdetector, the disruption began shortly before 10 AM this morning in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

In the UK alone, over 800 users, along with approximately 400 people elsewhere, encountered challenges in accessing their email services. A primary concern for users has been the inability to log in, which accounts for 64 percent of the reported issues. Additionally, some users are struggling to receive messages.

Microsoft has also confirmed the extensive disruption affecting Outlook and Hotmail services on its ...