Global disruption hits Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Copilot
Verified: 40 outlets in 28 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 2 of them from New Zealand.
Kathmandu, November 13 Several Microsoft services faced connectivity problems worldwide on Thursday. Users of the company’s Teams, Outlook, and AI software Copilot reported disruptions. Microsoft said its technical team is working to restore services to normal. According to the company, the connectivity issue was caused by excessive load on a part of its infrastructure. Microsoft…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
2 outlets from New Zealand, where the story is: 1News, RNZ · how we count
- Nov 12, 6:48 PM UTCFirst reportGlobal outage hits Microsoft's Outlookrnz.co.nz ↗
- Nov 12, 6:50 PM UTC+2 minOutlook email outage affects users around the worldthenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:44 PM UTC+56 minBreaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlookabc.net.au ↗
- Nov 13, 4:42 AM UTC+10 hNetNewsLedger - Microsoft Outlook outage disrupts email and Microsoft 365 services worldwidenetnewsledger.com ↗
- Nov 13, 4:46 AM UTC+10 hIs Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAIindependent.co.uk (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 4:46 AM UTC+10 hGlobal outage hits Microsoft Outlookjapantoday.com ↗
- Nov 13, 4:49 AM UTC+10 h· you’re reading thisGlobal disruption hits Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Copilotenglish.onlinekhabar.com ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Microsoft Outlook, Teams and Copilot outage, and none conflicts with Report 1's facts.
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