Microsoft services begin recovering after global outage
Verified: 130 outlets in 72 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
Microsoft services began recovering on Friday after a global outage disrupted Outlook and Teams.
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
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 14, 12:44 AM UTC+30 hMicrosoft Says Recovery Efforts Are Making Progress On Worldwide Outageournews.bs ↗
- Nov 14, 12:58 AM UTC+30 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft services begin recovering after global outagealjazeera.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 1:21 AM UTC+31 hMicrosoft Outlook, Teams outage eases, recovery uncertainfbcnews.com.fj ↗
- Nov 14, 1:28 AM UTC+31 hMicrosoft Outage LIVE: Microsoft apologises as global service outage easesthehindu.com ↗
[Claude] All three other reports cover the same Microsoft global outage affecting Outlook and Teams, with no conflicting facts, though Report 4 describes the outage as still ongoing while Report 1 says recover
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