Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage
Verified: 153 outlets in 79 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 12 of them from the United States.
The outage affected governments, courts, healthcare services, businesses, airlines and banks in many places. Governments including those of Japan, Singapore and Australia reported that the hourslong episode had impacted some of their operations.
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
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 hMicrosoft announces service ‘restored,’ global outage overvanguardngr.com ↗
- Nov 14, 4:39 PM UTC+46 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft 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 are reports on the same Microsoft global outage and its restoration, with no conflicting facts about the event.
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