Microsoft outage disrupts European businesses, public services
Verified: 119 outlets in 68 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
Baku, November 13, AZERTACA global outage affecting Microsoft services, which began on Thursday evening and continued into Friday, has disrupted businesses and public services across several European countries, according to Anadolu Agency.In Germany, Europe’s largest economy, authorities said they are in contact with Microsoft about the incident, and warned that the outage could have a significant impact on businesses.“The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is in contact with Microsoft regarding the situation and anticipates that a very large number of German businesses are…
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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.
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9 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 6 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, 5:17 PM UTC+22 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft outage disrupts European businesses, public servicesazertag.az (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 5:17 PM UTC+22 hMicrosoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams and other services worldwidecbc.bb ↗
- Nov 13, 5:27 PM UTC+23 hHours-Long Microsoft Outage Disrupts Businesses, Governments Globallyenglish.aawsat.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:27 PM UTC+23 hMicrosoft restores services after a global outage hit Outlook and Teams in more than 70 countriesen.mercopress.com ↗
[Claude] All three reports cover the same Microsoft services outage on Thursday, differing only in scope and detail (74 countries, over five hours, email focus), with no contradictions with Report 1.
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