Microsoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot across 74 countries
Verified: 50 outlets in 36 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 6 of them from the United States.
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
6 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, NPR News, The New York Times and 3 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, 6:03 AM UTC+11 hGlobal Microsoft outage affecting tens of thousands of userskbc.co.ke ↗
- Nov 13, 6:18 AM UTC+12 hMicrosoft Outlook outage disrupts email services worldwidepostcourier.com.pg ↗
- Nov 13, 6:27 AM UTC+12 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot across 74 countriescitizen.co.za ↗
- Nov 13, 6:28 AM UTC+12 hMicrosoft works to restore global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and Copiloteconomymiddleeast.com ↗
[Claude] All three other reports cover the same Microsoft Outlook/Teams/Copilot outage, with differing figures (100,000 users vs. thousands) that are not contradictory since they describe different moments or
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What moves the score
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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