Microsoft announces service ‘restored,’ global outage over
Verified: 153 outlets in 79 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 12 of them from the United States.
Tech giant Microsoft said Saturday it has "restored service" to customers, effectively drawing a close to a massive outage that caused chaos and disrupted public services and business around the world.
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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
12 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 9 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 14, 4:37 PM UTC+46 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft announces service ‘restored,’ global outage overvanguardngr.com ↗
- Nov 14, 4:39 PM UTC+46 hMicrosoft says services fully restored after global outagepbs.org ↗
- Nov 14, 4:52 PM UTC+46 hMicrosoft announces service 'restored,' global outage overdawn.com ↗
- Nov 14, 5:05 PM UTC+46 hMicrosoft confirms all services are restored after global outagenews.sky.com ↗
[Claude] All three other reports describe the same Microsoft global outage and its recovery, and none contradicts Report 1's account.
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