Microsoft works to restore global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and Copilot
Verified: 51 outlets in 36 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 6 of them from the United States.
Microsoft is working to resolve a widespread outage affecting its Microsoft 365 platform, disrupting access to key workplace applications, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, and causing problems for some external technology companies. The disruption was reported across 74 countries and territories within approximately an hour, according to outage-monitoring platform Downdetector, as users experienced difficulties accessing…
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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
6 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, NPR News, The New York Times and 3 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 13, 6:18 AM UTC+12 hMicrosoft Outlook outage disrupts email services worldwidepostcourier.com.pg ↗
- Nov 13, 6:27 AM UTC+12 hMicrosoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot across 74 countriescitizen.co.za ↗
- Nov 13, 6:28 AM UTC+12 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft works to restore global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and Copiloteconomymiddleeast.com ↗
- Nov 13, 6:45 AM UTC+12 hMicrosoft races to restore services after global outageft.com ↗
[Claude] All three other reports cover the same Microsoft 365 outage affecting Outlook and Teams, with no conflicting facts about it.
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