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Microsoft Outage Disrupts Email and Online Services Worldwide

Verified: 107 outlets in 60 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.

📍 Apia, Samoa, WS·🕐 31m ago·107 outlets

A major Microsoft outage has affected thousands of people around the world, leaving many unable to access their emails and other online services. The outage began on Friday, 13 November, affecting popular Microsoft platforms including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and Copilot. More than 120,000 people reported problems with Outlook, while over 45,000 reported issues with Microsoft… The post Microsoft Outage Disrupts Email and Online Services Worldwide first appeared on Samoa Global News.

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✓ Verified · 107 outlets

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This report links 11 of the story's 107 outlets

Samoa Global News· National ↗netnewsledger.com ↗Post-Courier· National ↗BusinessWorld· Specialist ↗Mail & Guardian· National ↗Zambia Monitor· National ↗Times of Oman· National ↗France 24· International ↗The Tribune· National ↗isp.netscape.com ↗Dhaka Tribune· National ↗

The story so far · 133 reports · · 60 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, 2:39 PM UTC+20 h
Microsoft global outage: Services gradually restored in Europe after hours of disruption across 70 countries en.protothema.gr (again) ↗
Nov 13, 3:08 PM UTC+20 h
Microsoft struggling to fix major global outage nationwideradiojm.com ↗
Nov 13, 3:10 PM UTC+20 h· you’re reading this
Microsoft Outage Disrupts Email and Online Services Worldwidesamoaglobalnews.com ↗
Nov 13, 3:35 PM UTC+21 h
Global Microsoft 365 outage disrupts Portuguese government, health services and schools euronews.com (again) ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 1 dates the outage to Friday, 13 November, while Reports 2 and 4 say Thursday, so they conflict on the day; Report 3 gives no date and agrees on the event.

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