Microsoft says all services restored after global outage
Verified: 141 outlets in 76 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 10 of them from the United States.
BENGALURU: Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook, Copilot and other applications, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.
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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, 7:07 AM UTC+36 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft says all services restored after global outagenst.com.my ↗
- Nov 14, 8:05 AM UTC+37 hMicrosoft reports progress as outage enters day twosmh.com.au (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 8:05 AM UTC+37 hGlobal outage: Microsoft blames network upgradepremiumtimesng.com ↗
- Nov 14, 8:05 AM UTC+37 hMicrosoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outagechannelnewsasia.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 8:05 AM UTC+37 hMicrosoft consumer services recover after global outage, enterprise issues persistinvesting.com (again) ↗
[Claude] All three are the same Microsoft global outage; Report 2 and 3 describe the struggle to restore services before Report 1's full-recovery update, which is an updated status rather than a contradiction.
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