New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- A widespread Microsoft service outage that began in North America on November 12 has spread to the Asia-Pacific region, disrupting digital services across several countries, including India. The disruption has affected Microsoft 365 services, particularly Exchange Online, which supports email, calendars and other communication tools. Several airlines in India, such as Air India, IndiGo, and Akasa Air, have issued passenger advisories following the disruptions in their email-based customer support services.

The outage has also impacted the government systems in Australia, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines and New Zealand. Microsoft has been working to restore the affected servers, initially reporting that some server...