Microsoft races for a fix as outage stretches into 2nd day
Verified: 119 outlets in 68 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
Microsoft said Friday that it was seeing “improvements” for Outlook email and other services amid an outage that was disrupting public services and businesses around the world. In an update, the company noted “broader improvements in North America, sustained improvements across much of Europe, and encouraging recovery signals in Asia-Pacific.” The outage, which hit several…com.
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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, 5:03 PM UTC+22 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft races for a fix as outage stretches into 2nd daynationnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:17 PM UTC+22 hMicrosoft outage disrupts European businesses, public servicesazertag.az (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 5:17 PM UTC+22 hMicrosoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams and other services worldwidecbc.bb ↗
- Nov 13, 5:27 PM UTC+23 hHours-Long Microsoft Outage Disrupts Businesses, Governments Globallyenglish.aawsat.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:27 PM UTC+23 hMicrosoft restores services after a global outage hit Outlook and Teams in more than 70 countriesen.mercopress.com ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Microsoft Outlook outage described in Report 1, with no conflicting facts stated.
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