India, Nov. 13 -- Millions of people who depend on Microsoft's workplace applications faced an unexpected digital roadblock after a massive outage disrupted several Microsoft 365 services worldwide.

Microsoft has acknowledged the disruption and said it was working to restore affected services.

Microsoft has clarified that the outage, which started on November 12, was due to an unexpected failure that left several servers unavailable and placed additional strain on the remaining operational infrastructure, disrupting access to multiple Microsoft 365 services.

Microsoft 365 status on X also states, "We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americ...