Outlook down: Global outage hits Microsoft apps
Verified: 7 outlets in 6 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 2 of them from New Zealand.
Thousands also reported issues with Microsoft's workplace messaging app Teams, as well as its AI assistant Copilot and wider Microsoft 365 services.
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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
2 outlets from New Zealand, where the story is: 1News, RNZ · how we count
- Nov 12, 6:48 PM UTCFirst reportGlobal outage hits Microsoft's Outlookrnz.co.nz ↗
- Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC+1 hMicrosoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot, disrupting thousandseuronews.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 7:48 PM UTC · +1 h
- Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC+1 hMicrosoft’s Outlook email hit by new outagetechcrunch.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC+1 hIs Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAIindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 12, 7:49 PM UTC+1 hMicrosoft 365, Outlook hit by major outage; global impact possiblegulfnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:55 PM UTC+1 hFalha na Microsoft afeta Outlook, Teams e Copilotobservador.pt ↗
- Nov 12, 7:56 PM UTC+1 h· you’re reading thisOutlook down: Global outage hits Microsoft apps1news.co.nz ↗
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