Massive Microsoft outage disrupts businesses, schools and governments around the world
Verified: 150 outlets in 79 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 11 of them from the United States.
A massive Microsoft outage that has left people around the world without access to Outlook email, Teams meeting tools and other staples of modern office life is nearly fixed, according to the latest word from the company. Microsoft has apologized for the outage, which could end up costing billions in lost productivity. Microsoft said the …
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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
11 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 8 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, 1:03 PM UTC+42 hMicrosoft says services fully restored after day-long global outagegraphic.com.gh ↗
- Nov 14, 2:39 PM UTC+44 h· you’re reading thisMassive Microsoft outage disrupts businesses, schools and governments around the worldegyptindependent.com ↗
- Nov 14, 3:06 PM UTC+44 hMicrosoft apologises for global outage and rules out cyberattackafricanews.com ↗
- Nov 14, 3:10 PM UTC+44 hMicrosoft says services fully restored after global disruptionglobalnews.ca ↗
[Claude] All three other reports describe the same global Microsoft outage affecting Outlook and Teams, with no conflicting facts about it.
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