The Microsoft 365 outage sent Japan back to fax machines and landlines
According to The Japan Times, workers across the country had to resort to age-old technologies to keep operating amid the outage, while organizations without analog backup plans were forced to stop work. Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Masanao Ozaki, confirmed that the Asian nation's shared IT backbone also went down,... Read Entire Article
The Microsoft 365 outage has caused businesses, government agencies, and organizations across Japan to revert to traditional fax machines and landline phones to maintain operations. The outage, which has yet to be fully resolved, has affected nearly all of Microsoft's popular cloud services, including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Copilot, and Xbox.
Workers across the country have had to resort to analog technologies, while organizations without backup plans were forced to halt work. Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary confirmed that the country's shared IT backbone also went down, disrupting critical government operations. While some workers lamented the lack of productivity and financial losses, others welcomed the temporary respite from Japan's workaholic culture.
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