India, Jan. 23 -- Microsoft 365 ran into troubles on Thursday. The company issued an update on X even as services like Outlook, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview were hit.

"We're investigating a potential issue impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview. Further information can be found in the admin center under MO1221364," they said.

Meanwhile, Downdetector showed over 11,000 people facing problems with Outlook alone at the time of writing. Most of the complains were around being unable to receive messages.

Many complained on the Downdetector page itself while some took to X to voice their troubles.

"I can't do other work because I can't get my 2-factor authentication...