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IN PHOTOS: Microsoft outage enters second day; company says not aware of malicious activity

Updated On: 13 November, 2026 03:00 PM IST | Tarun Verma

Microsoft's service disruptions entered a second day on Friday, affecting Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services in India and elsewhere. The company is investigating a surge in traffic and says it has found no evidence of malicious activity. (Pics/AFP and PTI)

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Microsoft's workplace services, including Outlook and Teams, remained disrupted for users in India and elsewhere on Friday (Pic/AFP)
Microsoft's workplace services, including Outlook and Teams, remained disrupted for users in India and elsewhere on Friday (Pic/AFP)
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Microsoft's service health page showed "service degradation" for Microsoft 365 business and enterprise customers as well as its consumer products, as of an update at 11.16 am India time on Friday (Pic/AFP)
Microsoft's service health page showed "service degradation" for Microsoft 365 business and enterprise customers as well as its consumer products, as of an update at 11.16 am India time on Friday (Pic/AFP)
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The company said it was pursuing multiple workstreams to pinpoint the underlying cause of a traffic influx and to recover its backend servers (Pic/PTI)
The company said it was pursuing multiple workstreams to pinpoint the underlying cause of a traffic influx and to recover its backend servers (Pic/PTI)
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Features of Microsoft 365 services that interact with Exchange Online and email are affected, while those that do not depend on it remain functional (Pic/AFP)
Features of Microsoft 365 services that interact with Exchange Online and email are affected, while those that do not depend on it remain functional (Pic/AFP)
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Microsoft said, "Users may be unable to access their mailboxes through Outlook on the web and Outlook desktop, and email delivery may be delayed." (Pic/AFP)

Microsoft said, "Users may be unable to access their mailboxes through Outlook on the web and Outlook desktop, and email delivery may be delayed." (Pic/AFP)
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On Teams, most core functions such as joining calls and meetings, group chats and channel messages are not affected, but calendar-related tasks such as scheduling and viewing meetings may fail, Microsoft said (Pic/AFP)
On Teams, most core functions such as joining calls and meetings, group chats and channel messages are not affected, but calendar-related tasks such as scheduling and viewing meetings may fail, Microsoft said (Pic/AFP)

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