Microsoft restores services after a global outage hit Outlook and Teams in more than 70 countries
Verified: 119 outlets in 68 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
Microsoft said on Friday its services were recovering after a global outage that began on Thursday afternoon, European time, and for hours affected millions of users in more than 70 countries, including public bodies in Australia and Japan. The company ruled out a cyberattack.
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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
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, 5:27 PM UTC+23 hHours-Long Microsoft Outage Disrupts Businesses, Governments Globallyenglish.aawsat.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:27 PM UTC+23 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft restores services after a global outage hit Outlook and Teams in more than 70 countriesen.mercopress.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:28 PM UTC+23 hE-mail services restored to Toronto hospitals after Microsoft outage caused some disruptionstheglobeandmail.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:33 PM UTC+23 hMicrosoft reports progress in reviving services during global outage1news.co.nz (again) ↗
[Claude] All three are reports on the same Microsoft Outlook/Teams global outage, with no contradictions in the facts stated.
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