Microsoft restores Outlook, Teams after 24-hour global outage, issues apology
Verified: 144 outlets in 77 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 10 of them from the United States.
Washington: Microsoft has confirmed that its Microsoft 365 services are back online following a widespread technical outage that disrupted email, workplace communication and productivity tools across the world for more than a day. In its final status update, the technology giant announced that the underlying issue had been resolved and services restored. “We have completed …
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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.
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10 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 7 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, 9:23 AM UTC+39 hMicrosoft Restores Teams, Outlook After Outagetovima.com ↗
- Nov 14, 9:32 AM UTC+39 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft restores Outlook, Teams after 24-hour global outage, issues apologythearabianstories.com ↗
- Nov 14, 9:54 AM UTC+39 hMicrosoft Restores Services After Worldwide Outagenewsofbahrain.com ↗
- Nov 14, 9:57 AM UTC+39 hNo government systems hit by Microsoft outagenews.rthk.hk ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Microsoft 365 global outage and its recovery, with no conflicting facts about the event.
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