GoKawiilMicrosoft outage disrupts email and Teams across Asia, prompts fax workaround in Japan
A global Microsoft outage disrupted government systems, courts and businesses across Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, India and China on Friday, with Outlook and Teams largely inaccessible. Some Japanese firms reportedly switched to fax machines to keep sending documents, while Singapore's courts and the Philippine Supreme Court told the public to expect email delays. Indian brokerages said they struggled to access research reports and hold client calls normally handled via Teams.
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The scale of disruption shows how deeply government agencies, courts and financial markets across Asia have come to depend on a single vendor's cloud and communication tools, leaving little redundancy when those services fail. The fax workaround in Japan suggests some organisations still keep legacy backups, which could prove valuable as a contingency during future outages. The incident may prompt renewed scrutiny of concentration risk in critical infrastructure reliant on a handful of major tech providers.
- Government platforms in Japan and Singapore, plus courts in Singapore and the Philippines, reported disrupted email and IT systems.
- Some Japanese firms reportedly reverted to fax machines to maintain communications during the Outlook disruption.
- Indian financial firms said Teams and Outlook failures hampered access to research reports and client calls.
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