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Portugal government, schools and health services hit by global Microsoft outage

Verified: 102 outlets in 59 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.

📍 Portugal, PT·🕐 22m ago·102 outlets

A global Microsoft outage is disrupting sectors in Portugal. Since Thursday it has hindered access to Outlook and Teams, though recovery is progressing.

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✓ Verified · 102 outlets

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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Who reported it

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InternationalEuronews85%

euronews.com ↗

This report links 4 of the story's 102 outlets

Euronews· International ↗Al Jazeera· International ↗RNZ· National ↗Cayman Compass· National ↗

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The story so far · 126 reports · · 59 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC

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 report
Global outage hits Microsoft's Outlook rnz.co.nz ↗
Nov 12, 6:50 PM UTC+2 min
Outlook email outage affects users around the world thenationalnews.com ↗
Nov 12, 7:44 PM UTC+56 min
Breaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlook abc.net.au ↗
Nov 13, 1:34 PM UTC+19 h· you’re reading this
Portugal government, schools and health services hit by global Microsoft outageeuronews.com (again) ↗
Nov 13, 1:36 PM UTC+19 h
What we know about the global Microsoft outage azertag.az ↗
Nov 13, 1:38 PM UTC+19 h
Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/Inter/ Une panne mondiale d’Outlook perturbe les services de Microsoft dans 74 pays aip.ci ↗
Nov 13, 1:44 PM UTC+19 h
The Latest: Microsoft says recovery efforts are making progress on worldwide outage winnipegfreepress.com ↗

Location

Verification Log5

cross checkconfirmed90%

[Claude] All three other reports describe the same global Microsoft Outlook/Teams outage and none contradict Report 1's details, though Report 4's Cayman angle and Report 2's user count are different angles or

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cross sourcepending33%

Only 1 source — pending corroboration

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temporalpending50%

Single timestamp

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source diversitypending50%

Average source trust: 50%; Source tiers represented: national

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wire presencepending25%

No authoritative sources yet — awaiting wire/institutional coverage

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Portugal government, schools and health services hit by global Microsoft outage A global Microsoft outage is disrupting sectors in Portugal. Since Thursday it has hindered access to Outlook and Teams, though recovery is progressing.

Reliability

84%

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Risk Score

low risk