Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?
Verified: 79 outlets in 50 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 8 of them from the United States.
Outlook, Teams and Copilot remain disrupted in 74 countries as Microsoft reports ‘marginal success’ in fixing outage.
How sure are we
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
8 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and 5 more · 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, 9:41 AM UTC+15 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?aljazeera.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:59 AM UTC+15 hWhat we know about the global Microsoft outagebbc.co.uk ↗
- Nov 13, 10:08 AM UTC+15 h'One of the biggest outages ever': Disruption to Microsoft services enters second dayfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:17 AM UTC+15 hMicrosoft battling major worldwide outagecbsnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:23 AM UTC+16 hGlobal disruption at Microsoft. Outlook, Teams, and Copilot down as attempts to fix not going “as expected”business-review.eu ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Microsoft Outlook/Teams/365 global outage, and none contradicts Report 1's account.
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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