Microsoft confirms services fully restored after major global outage
Verified: 146 outlets in 78 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 11 of them from the United States.
Microsoft stated that the disruption was due to a ‘technical issue not related to cyber or AI agents’
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
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, 11:08 AM UTC+40 hMicrosoft's widespread outages caused global chaos, including in the healthcasre industryfrance24.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 11:12 AM UTC+40 hMicrosoft says services fully restored after global outagetheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 14, 11:20 AM UTC+41 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft confirms services fully restored after major global outageindependent.co.uk (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 11:23 AM UTC+41 hMicrosoft services fully restored after global outagerte.ie ↗
[Claude] All three are reports on the same Microsoft global outage, and none contradicts Report 1, which is a later update saying services were restored.
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