Microsoft reports global outage of Outlook, Teams and Copilot

The Guardian • 13 Nov 13:14

Microsoft reported marginal progress in restoring its services after a widespread outage that disrupted email, collaboration tools and trading platforms worldwide.

BBC • 13 Nov 12:15

A widespread Microsoft service failure has impacted email, messaging and other online tools for health, emergency, education and transport organisations in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside.

GSMArena.com • 13 Nov 11:52

Microsoft confirmed a major server outage is disrupting Outlook, Teams, Azure and other cloud services for users in dozens of countries.

BBC • 13 Nov 11:43

A widespread technical failure is affecting several Microsoft services, including Teams, Outlook and the AI tool Copilot.

BBC • 13 Nov 11:05

The Microsoft outage has impacted government agencies, courts, and businesses in at least 74 countries, causing delays in communications and prompting alternative measures.

CBC • 13 Nov 10:55

Microsoft said an hours-long outage disrupted multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, and that no malicious activity had been detected.

SNJ Today • 13 Nov 10:09

Anthropic reported a major outage affecting Claude.ai login and a partial outage for Claude Code, while Microsoft’s global Outlook and Teams service continues to experience issues.

The Guardian • 13 Nov 09:40

A widespread Microsoft 365 outage is affecting email and collaboration tools across Australian schools, health facilities and government agencies, though patient care and frontline services remain largely unaffected.

CX Today • 13 Nov 09:11

Dynamics 365 Contact Center was unavailable for nearly eight hours on Thursday, with agent access, voice and messaging restored early Friday, while the wider Microsoft 365 outage remains unresolved.

The Guardian • 13 Nov 09:03

A global outage of Microsoft 365 services has affected Outlook, Teams and other tools, prompting UK health trusts, police forces, schools and government departments to activate contingency plans and advise users to rely on phone communication.

The Hindu • 13 Nov 07:30

Microsoft confirmed that a global outage affecting Outlook, Teams and other 365 services persisted into a second day, attributing the disruption to elevated load and stating no malicious activity was detected.

The Guardian • 13 Nov 07:27

A widespread Microsoft 365 outage is affecting email and collaboration tools across Australian schools, health facilities and government agencies, though patient care and frontline services remain largely unaffected.

The Guardian • 13 Nov 06:47

A widespread Microsoft 365 outage is affecting email and collaboration tools across Australian schools, health facilities and government agencies, though patient care and frontline services remain largely unaffected.

ABC7 Los Angeles • 13 Nov 05:58

Microsoft said it is addressing a server issue that caused widespread downtime of Outlook, Microsoft 365 and other apps, and reported partial recovery while continuing remediation efforts.

The Guardian • 13 Nov 04:53

A global Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Teams across Australia, prompting delays in government transactions, temporary paper-based procedures in health facilities and warnings about scams.

The Hindu • 13 Nov 04:43

Microsoft said a global outage of its Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, persisted into the evening as the company worked to restore connectivity.

Nine.com.au • 13 Nov 04:39

A widespread outage affecting Microsoft 365 services began early Friday, impacting tens of thousands of users in Australia and around 130,000 worldwide, with no clear resolution time yet.

Nine.com.au • 13 Nov 03:33

Microsoft said its latest attempts to restore several cloud services have not succeeded, as users in Australia and elsewhere continue to experience email and collaboration tool disruptions.

CNA • 13 Nov 03:22

A widespread outage that began on Thursday has disrupted Outlook and other Microsoft 365 services, prompting the company to intensify recovery efforts.

The Globe and Mail • 13 Nov 02:41

A widespread outage of Microsoft Outlook, Teams and Copilot highlighted vulnerabilities in depending on one technology vendor, prompting calls for more diversified and open-source solutions.

CNA • 13 Nov 01:51

Microsoft said elevated load on its infrastructure caused a worldwide outage that affected Outlook, Teams and Copilot across 74 countries, with recovery efforts ongoing into the evening.

The Guardian • 13 Nov 00:44

A worldwide outage affecting Microsoft 365 services, driven by a configuration issue, has impacted email and collaboration tools for government agencies, schools and companies, with recovery efforts ongoing.

The National • 13 Nov 00:32

Microsoft confirmed a service degradation affecting Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 apps worldwide and outlined steps to restore connectivity.

CNA • 12 Nov 23:22

Microsoft reported an outage on Nov. 12 that affected Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services for users in multiple regions, citing elevated load on its infrastructure.

Deadline • 12 Nov 23:20

Microsoft confirmed a global outage affecting Outlook, Exchange Online and other 365 services, and said it is working to restore connectivity.

The Business Times • 12 Nov 22:50

A server issue caused a roughly 10-hour outage of Microsoft Outlook, Teams and related services on Thursday, affecting users in multiple regions and prompting statements from officials and companies.

The Business Times • 12 Nov 22:50

A widespread outage of Microsoft 365 services lasted more than five hours on Thursday, affecting Outlook, Teams and AI connector functionality for thousands of users worldwide.

The Straits Times • 12 Nov 22:18

A service disruption on Nov. 12 impacted Microsoft Outlook and other Microsoft 365 applications, with thousands of reports from the United States and Singapore.

The National • 12 Nov 21:55

Microsoft confirmed a service degradation affecting Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 apps worldwide, and said it is redistributing traffic and restarting infrastructure to restore service.

The Guardian • 12 Nov 20:46

Microsoft said its recent server fixes have not yet restored full functionality to the worldwide outage that has disrupted Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 applications for thousands of users.

ABC7 New York • 12 Nov 20:43

Microsoft said users in the Americas experienced problems accessing Exchange Online mailboxes and Teams, attributing the issue to unavailable servers and elevated load across regions.

ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos • 12 Nov 20:03

Microsoft confirmed outages in Exchange Online mailboxes and Microsoft Teams, attributing the problem to unavailable servers and elevated load, and said it is working to restore services.

WIRED • 12 Nov 20:01

Microsoft said an outage on Thursday disrupted access to Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint and other Microsoft 365 services, and is working to restore functionality.

Euronews.com • 12 Nov 19:38

An outage on November 12 disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services, prompting the company to work on restoring connectivity.

CityNews Toronto • 12 Nov 19:21

An outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services on Thursday, prompting the company to investigate and redistribute traffic to alleviate elevated load.

Global News • 12 Nov 19:08

Microsoft confirmed a service disruption impacting Exchange Online access for users in multiple regions, with over 100,000 reports of connectivity problems.

Gulf Coast News and Weather • 12 Nov 18:41

Microsoft confirmed an outage that disrupted access to Outlook and other Microsoft 365 services for users worldwide, and said it was taking steps to restore service.

NBC 5 Chicago • 12 Nov 18:20

Microsoft confirmed it is looking into reports of widespread access problems with Outlook mailboxes across multiple connection methods.

Hindustan Times • 12 Nov 18:19

Users in the Americas reported connectivity problems with Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services on Nov. 12, prompting Microsoft to investigate the incident under reference EX1550543.