SINGAPORE, Nov. 13 -- Microsoft services have been hit with an outage since Thursday (November 12), resulting in many users across Singapore affected, particularly as they attempt to access email for work.

Randy Tan, a research analyst who uses his email to keep track of current affairs, told AsiaOne on Friday (November 13) that access to Outlook has been impacted.

While he said that his workflow hasn't been affected that much as of yet, Tan expressed concern about what comes after the outage is resolved.

"I worry that the longer the delay, the larger the backlog of emails to look into and thus having to make more time later on to clear them," he said.

Human resources manager Priscilla Lim was hit harder by the outage as her work reli...