What we know about the global Microsoft outage
Verified: 102 outlets in 59 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
Baku, November 13, AZERTACA major global Microsoft outage has caused problems, or in some cases disabled entire services, including emails and artificial intelligence products, according to BBC.Microsoft has said the outage was not caused by a cyber-security incident, but efforts to fix the issues have so far been largely unsuccessful.Here's what we know about the services affected and what went wrong.Microsoft 365 Services, including Teams, Outlook and Microsoft's artificial intelligence software Copilot, have been affected by "connectivity problems".Customers are reporting varying levels…
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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 13, 1:34 PM UTC+19 hPortugal government, schools and health services hit by global Microsoft outageeuronews.com (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 1:36 PM UTC+19 h· you’re reading thisWhat we know about the global Microsoft outageazertag.az ↗
- Nov 13, 1:38 PM UTC+19 hCôte d’Ivoire-AIP/Inter/ Une panne mondiale d’Outlook perturbe les services de Microsoft dans 74 paysaip.ci ↗
- Nov 13, 1:44 PM UTC+19 hThe Latest: Microsoft says recovery efforts are making progress on worldwide outagewinnipegfreepress.com ↗
[Claude] All three later reports cover the same global Microsoft outage affecting email and AI services, and none contradicts Report 1's facts.
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