A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook overnight, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.

Sydney Morning Herald - Top Stories - 38 minutes ago

Microsoft struggling to restore service as global outage affects Outlook and Teams -- Microsoft said the outage was caused by servers unexpected becoming unavailable, straining other systems.

Users worldwide report issues after tech giant says its infrastructure has been hit by "elevated load"

BBC News - Technology - 39 minutes ago

Microsoft email and Teams outages stretch into the night

Email traffic to many of the tech giant’s 450 million users came to a halt around midday. The issues still had not been resolved hours later.

NBC News - Business - 40 minutes ago

Outlook down for thousands amid Microsoft outage across North America -- A major outage impacting Microsoft platforms, including Outlook, Teams and XBox Live, crippled communications for businesses across North America for hours.

ABC News - US News - 46 minutes ago

Microsoft Outage Drags on for Hours, Disrupting Outlook, Teams for Thousands

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 47 minutes ago

Microsoft says services being slowly restored after widespread outages across its platforms

Microsoft said it was returning some of its affected servers to full service late Thursday afternoon, after widespread outages hit many of its platforms including Outlook, with users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps.

CBC News - Top Stories - 55 minutes ago

Microsoft global outage and Cummins denies Khawaja allegations: 13 November top stories

Listen to this news update from Friday, 13 November 2026, including a global Microsoft outage impacting hundreds of thousands of users, Sydney residents urged to be alert for symptoms of measles and Australia's test captain Pat Cummins denies Usman Khawaja's allegations about the 2018 ball…

SBS - Top Stories - 56 minutes ago

SECURITY -- November Patch Tuesday boasts over 1,000 bugs, one already under attack -- Microsoft admins wail and gnash their teeth

Technology -- 'Servers remain stable so far': Microsoft begins restoring services after global outage hits 365 suite

Times of India - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Microsoft begins restoring services as global outage affects Outlook and Teams

Guardian UK - Technology - 1 hour ago

Microsoft struggling to restore service as global outage affects Outlook and Teams

Users worldwide report issues after tech giant says its infrastructure has been hit by "elevated load"

BBC News - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Microsoft Outlook outage: Are UAE users affected? -- m read

Thousands report email problems as Microsoft investigates infrastructure issues

Gulf News - Technology - 1 hour ago

Outlook down: Microsoft reports 'limited recovery'; Kiwis share impact on health services, house sales, visas, courts, car regos

NZ Herald - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Australian Government Agencies, Workplaces Hit by Global Microsoft 365 Outage

Epoch Times - World - 1 hour ago

'Gone awry': Australia briefed on Microsoft outage as AFP and ASIO hit

The tech giant says its infrastructure has been strained by "a number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable".

SBS - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams for thousands, including S'pore users

The Straits Times - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Microsoft outages affecting Colorado law enforcement, business

The Denver Post - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Microsoft Outlook outage stretches on for hours

ABC News - Top Stories - 1 hour ago

Microsoft Outlook outage stretches on for hours -- The company posted about the disruptions on social media.

ABC News - US News - 1 hour ago

'No indication' Outlook outage caused by cyber attack, Microsoft says

Australian Broadcasting Corp - World - 2 hours ago

Nationwide Microsoft email service outage disrupts business and personal accounts across US

FOX Business correspondent Grady Trimble reports on the tools impacted and how the company is working to resolve the issue on ‘Special Report.’

Fox News - Politics - 2 hours ago

Microsoft software, including Outlook and Teams, disrupted by outage

Similar spikes in outages were reported with Microsoft 365 and Copilot

Irish Times - Top Stories - 2 hours ago

Widespread outage of Microsoft apps used by hundreds of millions

Essential workplace tools like Outlook email were unavailable for many in global outages today. NBC News’ Allie Canal reports on details of the outage.

NBC News - US News - 2 hours ago

Thousands in Canada affected by global Microsoft outage

Toronto Star - Top Stories - 2 hours ago

Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021

Guardian UK - Business - 2 hours ago

saas - Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 enter their 'permanently vulnerable' era - Upgrade, migrate, but don't prevaricate – time has run out

Microsoft outage drags on as tech giant admits fixes have failed to restore services

Fox News - Top Stories - 2 hours ago

Outage hits Microsoft Outlook, impacting more than 120,000 users

Washington Examiner - Technology - 2 hours ago

Toronto hospital network declares Code Grey amid Microsoft outage

Toronto Star - Top Stories - 2 hours ago

Microsoft Outlook, Teams and SharePoint down as servers 'unexpectedly unavailable'

Australian Broadcasting Corp - World - 2 hours ago

Widespread outage hits Microsoft platforms including Outlook, thousands report issues

A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps. NBC News' Marquise Francis reports on why this error is occurring.

NBC News - Technology - 3 hours ago

Microsoft outage impacting hospitals, universities and Via Rail services

There were still nearly 50,000 reports of Microsoft outages in Canada and the United States as of 6 p.m. ET, according to outage tracker Downdetector.

CTV News - Top Stories - 3 hours ago

Microsoft begins restoring services, 'gradual recovery' expected

Australian Broadcasting Corp - World - 3 hours ago

Is Microsoft Outlook Still Down? New Update After Unsuccessful Repair

Thousands of reports said the Microsoft services were not working properly on Thursday afternoon.

Newsweek - US News - 3 hours ago

Microsoft struggling to fix massive cloud outage that's taken down email and Intune - 'Actions taken thus far have not provided the anticipated relief'

Microsoft Goes Down, and the Media Business Takes Off Early

Hollywood Reporter - Top Stories - 3 hours ago

Major outage hits Microsoft Outlook

Manila Times - Top Stories - 4 hours ago

Microsoft Outlook outage hits thousands globally, nearly 1.3L users report email issues

Times of India - World - 4 hours ago

Ticker: Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps

Boston Herald - Business - 4 hours ago

Microsoft Outlook outage disrupts email for thousands of users

Microsoft Outlook and Teams faced widespread outages in the Americas, with 140,000+ reports; check service status for updates.

New York Post - Top Stories - 4 hours ago

Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and other 365 services

A Microsoft outage on Thursday affected users of services like Outlook, Teams and 365.

CNBC - Technology - 4 hours ago

Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft email and other apps

Toronto Star - Top Stories - 4 hours ago

LATEST UPDATES: Microsoft 365 Mass Outages, Stephen A. Smith At White House, Brooklyn Building Collapse, MORE...

Huffington Post - Top Stories - 4 hours ago

Cerebras surges after beating on revenue and announcing Microsoft deal

CNBC - Top Stories - 4 hours ago

Microsoft outage hits tens of thousands of users

Microsoft says servers unexpectedly went offline, disrupting Outlook email, Teams, Copilot and other services.

Aljazeera - Science - 5 hours ago

Microsoft reports mass outages in US, impacting customer accessibility

Software giant Microsoft has reported widespread outages of its Outlook and Teams services in the US. Nearly 130,000 users have reported disruptions.

Deutsche Welle - Top Stories - 5 hours ago

Widespread Microsoft outage appears to be affecting email users worldwide

Tulsa World - Top Stories - 5 hours ago

Almost 20,000 reports a minute as Microsoft hit by widespread outage

A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook overnight, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.

Sydney Morning Herald - Technology - 5 hours ago

Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps, including Outlook services

More than 120,000 users reported problems accessing Outlook and other apps run by the tech giant

The Globe and Mail - Business - 5 hours ago

Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email

ABC News - Technology - 5 hours ago

Major Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves People With Email Jobs Unable to Email

Wired News - Technology - 6 hours ago

Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps

Orlando Sentinel - Top Stories - 6 hours ago

Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAI

‘We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact,’ Microsoft said in a statement

Independent UK - World - 6 hours ago

Outlook and Teams down as widespread Microsoft outage hits multiple services

Toronto Star - Business - 6 hours ago

Is Microsoft Outlook Down? Thousands Report Email Access Issues in US

Thousands of reports said the Microsoft services were not working properly on Thursday afternoon.

Newsweek - Top Stories - 6 hours ago

Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps.

Chicago Tribune - Top Stories - 7 hours ago

Microsoft investigates reports of Outlook mailbox access problems

NZ Herald - Top Stories - 7 hours ago

Microsoft has an image problem with November's Windows security update -- Zero-size graphics can derail printing, while some admins also face activation failures

Microsoft Outlook outage affects thousands of users nationwide

Apple Valley News Now - Top Stories - 7 hours ago

Microsoft Outlook Is Down for People Throughout the Country

Breitbart - Technology - 7 hours ago

databases - Microsoft admits SQL Servers might wobble after October update - Linked server connections can linger long past their welcome

SAAS -- Microsoft teaches schools that free email was just a phase -- Office 365 A1 and Student Use Benefit face retirement, leaving institutions to budget for paid replacements at renewal

Post Office orders shops to 'keep taking cash' as blackouts cost high street £255 per hour -- The Post Office is urging retailers to prepare for outages.

Daily Express - Business - 10 hours ago

OS PLATFORMS -- Canonical web services get stage fright ahead of Ubuntu Summit -- Outage hits login, software repositories, and patching tools hours before online event kicks off

Google, Microsoft & more: Valuation of firms led by Indian-origin CEOs hits $15 trillion

Times of India - Business - 12 hours ago

Ireland: Watchdog accused of stalling probe into Microsoft hosting Israeli military app

Middle East Eye - World - 13 hours ago

Google, Microsoft & more: Valuation of firms led by Indian CEOs hits $15 trillion

Times of India - Top Stories - 13 hours ago

Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built it -- Flash the cash, flush the cache -- Rupert Goodwins

os platforms - Microsoft's Patch Tuesday can't break stuff if it won't install - UPDATED - KB5132061 throws 0x800F0993 and 0x800F0989 errors, and Redmond is saying nothing

Commvault automating application set recovery and recovering AWS and Microsoft agents

Microsoft Stock Fell After Anthropic Launches Claude Sheets to Rival Excel

Microsoft shares fell about 2% after Anthropic launched AI tools for spreadsheets, whiteboards and data dashboards, intensifying competition with Microsoft 365 and its Copilot assistant.

International Business Times - Technology - 1 day ago

AI AND ML -- Microsoft is giving Claude the keys to UK Copilot tenants by default -- Admins have until December 9 to review access settings as Anthropic processes data in the US

applications - Outlook.com bounces legit emails as Microsoft's authentication crackdown goes sideways - UPDATED - Missing DMARC or wobbly SPF means your mail may be treated as suspicious

SECURITY -- Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session -- A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams

A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams

Microsoft overtakes Nvidia in market value for first time since June 2025

International The News - Business - 2 days ago

Microsoft teaches schools that free email was just a phase

OS PLATFORMS -- Microsoft takes three decades to make Sticky Keys less sticky -- Windows preview adds a 'don't ask again' option to accessibility prompts, sparing users a trip through Settings

Windows preview adds a 'don't ask again' option to accessibility prompts, sparing users a trip through Settings

Outlook.com bounces legit emails as Microsoft's authentication crackdown goes sideways

Netherlands: Protesters storm Amsterdam data centre construction site - Protesters broke into a data centre construction site intended for Microsoft in Amsterdam, on 6 November, climbing cranes and unfurling banners denouncing artificial intelligence and the company's alleged involvement in the war in Gaza. 6 November 2026

Euronews - World - 4 days ago

Protesters storm site of Microsoft's planned Amsterdam data centre

Activists in Amsterdam have stormed the site of a proposed Microsoft data centre. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports.

Aljazeera - Environment - 5 days ago

Protesters Break into Microsoft's Amsterdam Data Center Construction Site to Chant 'Free Palestine'

A Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam was broken into by at least 100 protesters on Friday morning. The protesters flew a "Fuck AI" banner and chanted "free Palestine" among other leftist slogans.

Breitbart - Technology - 6 days ago

Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe's backlash spreads

New York Daily News - World - 6 days ago

AI AND ML -- Copilot Chat has usage caps, and Microsoft would rather you found them by hitting them -- Mystery limits expand for users without the paid add-on, with upgrade prompts ready when features run dry

IREN blames Microsoft-requested networking changes for delays to its $9.7 billion AI project

Business Insider - Business - 7 days ago

SOFTWARE -- Microsoft admits certifications can be a drag, launches creds that recognize skills -- 'Pro Badges' don't require a test, Microsoft awards them by watching you use GitHub

Microsoft fixed Excel 2016 copy-paste bug. Then reintroduced it. Now it's fixed again -- All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. Maybe

When datacenters lose power, generators should kick in. That didn't happen for Google in London -- October outage caused by bad PLC config exposed at a time maintenance work reduced resilience

October outage caused by bad PLC config exposed at a time maintenance work reduced resilience

PERSONAL TECH -- Windows pushed AI PCs, but now it's hit a wall of RAM prices -- Customers sweating assets amid tight budgets, as Microsoft execs get creative with sales pitches

Microsoft improves Windows 11 performance on 8 GB PCs as RAM prices keep climbing -- We've got a hunch the memory crunch is taking a bite out of Windows revenue

We've got a hunch the memory crunch is taking a bite out of Windows revenue

UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?

Ars Technica - Business - 9 days ago

Power outages hit Washington affecting government agencies and GWU

Washington Examiner - Top Stories - 10 days ago

Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines

The latest update also brings a cloud recovery option for PCs that won't boot.

Ars Technica - Technology - 14 days ago

60,000 staff at Microsoft offered voluntary exit packages to

Peninsula Qatar - Technology - 17 days ago

Microsoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cuts

Guardian UK - Technology - 17 days ago

Microsoft develops AI tool for medical diagnosis

Washington: Microsoft researchers have developed an AI system that diagnoses medical conditions step by step, achieving 83 percent accuracy on complex...

Peninsula Qatar - Technology - 20 days ago

OpenAI apes AWS Marketplace while Anthropic remains stubbornly Microsoftian -- Corey Quinn

By including Baseten in its marketplace, OpenAI signals it wants its models to win on the merits, not through coercion

Microsoft still committed to £22bn UK investment despite data centre withdrawal

Evening Standard - Technology - 21 days ago

How Microsoft Excel Tries to Rebrand Work as Excitement

Wired News - Opinion - 28 days ago

Ultimate Windows 11 laptop gets an upgrade your PC can't match -- Microsoft has just lifted the lid on its new Surface Laptop Ultra.

Daily Express - Technology - 28 days ago

Microsoft unveils 'Surace' Laptop Ultra -- What the f?

SOUNDING THE ALARM -- Bill Gates Shares Chilling AI Prediction -- The Microsoft co-founder was asked about whether the technology is "powerful enough to end all of humanity." -- Reagin von Lehe

The Daily Beast - Technology - 1 month ago

Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative

Microsoft defines its Azure instance lifecycle, without any info about timing -- Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen

Voice phishing attacks soar as cyber attackers use AI – Microsoft research

Security experts at Microsoft said more than a quarter, 27%, of cyber threat activity was aimed at government agencies or services.

Evening Standard - Technology - 1 month ago

Azure maintenance mess disrupted hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services -- Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn't sure how

Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how

Santander online banking outage leaves customers unable to log on

The high street lender’s website and mobile banking apps have both been affected, but the website service is now back online.

Evening Standard - Technology - 1 month ago

Windows 11 boost as Microsoft confirms impressive upgrades coming soon

Daily Express - Technology - 1 month ago

Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts

EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.

Ars Technica - Business - 1 month ago

Sick of bandwidth gouging? Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, IBM have some good news -- Bandwidth Alliance decides to throw us a bone

OUTAGE ALERT - Vodafone broadband outage leaves thousands of Irish customers without internet

Irish Sun - Technology - 2 months ago

Techie banned from client site for outage he didn't cause

Everyone using Windows 11 must check PC setting after 'critical' alert -- Microsoft released its latest update and users are being urged to check their settings without...

Daily Express - Technology - 2 months ago

Next step for LINK spacecraft – a software update that won't make things worse. Are you listening, Microsoft? -- Spin slows as orbital rescue mission creeps forward

Spin slows as orbital rescue mission creeps forward

Capital One two-day outage leaves customers in free-fall -- Third-party supplier blamed as folks left unable to access funds

Anthropic's New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.

ProPublica - Technology - 3 months ago

Communications -- Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage? -- Abby Wilson

Live Science - Technology - 3 months ago

Podcast -- Is Ireland's multinational tech addiction hurting Irish companies and holding us all back? -- Ireland has long relied on multinational tech companies to fuel jobs growth and tax revenue but are we becoming dangerously dependent on them?Professor Joe Haslam, executive director of the Owner´s Scaleup Program at IE Business School and Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire and barrister, Barry Ward join Adrian on this week's episode of The Big Tech Show.They discuss warnings from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, whether Ireland is living beyond its means and what happens if major employers like Apple, Microsoft or Eli Lilly decide to leave.You can listen to the full episode here or wherever you get your podcasts.Why you can trust the Irish Independent: learn about our editorial guidelines and AI use

Independent.ie - Top Stories - 5 months ago

How Nigerians are coping with heat waves amid crippling power outages

Global Voices - Health - 5 months ago

Microsoft, flush with cash, raises cloud office suite prices for businesses -- Microsoft 365, Office 365 to cost a little bit more from next March

Memorable moments from the Artemis II mission: from a Microsoft Outlook outage to an emotional crater naming

Business Insider - Science - 7 months ago

Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways

Wired News - Business - 7 months ago

Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft's Cloud Was "a Pile of Shit." They Approved It Anyway.

ProPublica - Technology - 7 months ago

Zero Trust: -- Inside Microsoft's Cybersecurity Failures

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Power Outages Hit Phoenix Hard After a Severe Thunderstorm Warning Sweeps the Area

International Business Times - US News - 1 year ago

Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 10

NZ Herald - Technology - 1 year ago

Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company's Use of China-Based Engineers Was a "Breach of Trust"

The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Failed to Disclose Key Details About Use of China-Based Engineers in U.S. Defense Work, Record Shows

The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of Microsoft’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China

Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems

After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft's "Digital Escort" Program Could Leave Sensitive Government Info Vulnerable to Espionage. Here's What to Know.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk's Starlink Be Doing the Same?

The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Bundling Practices Focus of Federal Antitrust Probe

The Federal Trade Commission has demanded information from Microsoft and interviewed competitors as the agency’s antitrust investigation heats up. The probe follows ProPublica reporting on how the company skirted and potentially violated federal law.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft's "Free" Plan to Upgrade Government Cybersecurity Was Designed to Box Out Competitors and Drive Profits, Insiders Say

When the White House welcomed Microsoft’s offer of $150 million in tech services, it helped the world’s largest software provider tighten its grip on federal business and freeze out competitors.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Nine Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Microsoft's Cybersecurity Failures

ProPublica - Technology - 2 years ago

Microsoft President Grilled by Congress Over Cybersecurity Failures

ProPublica - Technology - 2 years ago

Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says

ProPublica - Technology - 2 years ago