Microsoft update: Network change coincided with Outlook, Teams outage
Verified: 40 outlets in 28 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 2 of them from New Zealand.
Tech giant scrambles to reduce impact, as one of the world's biggest Googled questions became: "Is Microsoft still down?"
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
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, 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 13, 1:51 AM UTC+7 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft update: Network change coincided with Outlook, Teams outage1news.co.nz (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 4:42 AM UTC+10 hNetNewsLedger - Microsoft Outlook outage disrupts email and Microsoft 365 services worldwidenetnewsledger.com ↗
- Nov 13, 4:46 AM UTC+10 hIs Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAIindependent.co.uk (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 4:46 AM UTC+10 hGlobal outage hits Microsoft Outlookjapantoday.com ↗
- Nov 13, 4:49 AM UTC+10 hGlobal disruption hits Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Copilotenglish.onlinekhabar.com ↗
[Claude] Both describe the same Microsoft Outlook and Teams outage, and the server-unavailability detail is consistent with the network-change explanation in Report 1.
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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