Microsoft services fully restored after global outage
Verified: 146 outlets in 78 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 11 of them from the United States.
Microsoft has said that services have fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.
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 hMicrosoft confirms services fully restored after major global outageindependent.co.uk (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 11:23 AM UTC+41 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft services fully restored after global outagerte.ie ↗
[Claude] All three are reports on the same Microsoft global outage as Report 1, covering its ongoing and restoration phases without contradicting it.
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