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Outlook, Teams Disruption Hits 74 Countries as Microsoft Struggles to Restore Services

Verified: 125 outlets in 71 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.

📍 Sofia, Bulgaria, BG·🕐 52m ago·125 outlets

Microsoft said on Friday that its efforts to resolve a global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and other services were not progressing as expected, forcing the company to seek alternative ways to restore connectivity after a disruption that had affected users in 74 countries and territories. The problems began on Thursday and left millions of people around the world unable to access essential workplace tools, including email and online meeting services. Businesses, banks, government agencies and courts in several countries were among those affected. ...

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The story so far · 168 reports · · 71 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC

9 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 6 more · how we count

  1. Nov 12, 6:48 PM UTCFirst report
    Global outage hits Microsoft's Outlookrnz.co.nz ↗
  2. Nov 12, 6:50 PM UTC+2 min
    Outlook email outage affects users around the worldthenationalnews.com ↗
  3. Nov 12, 7:44 PM UTC+56 min
    Breaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlookabc.net.au ↗
  5. Nov 13, 8:39 PM UTC+26 h
    Microsoft says services still returning amid widespread outagealjazeera.com ↗
  6. Nov 13, 10:16 PM UTC+27 h
    Global outage: Microsoft blames network change for service disruptionvanguardngr.com ↗
  7. Nov 13, 10:20 PM UTC+28 h· you’re reading this
    Outlook, Teams Disruption Hits 74 Countries as Microsoft Struggles to Restore Servicesnovinite.com ↗
  8. Nov 13, 10:44 PM UTC+28 h
    Microsoft’s global outage and fixes: What we knowsmh.com.au ↗
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98%

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