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

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10 outlets covering · First listed: Wired, Nov 12, 2026, 2:01 PM · Read it: <https://www.wired.com/story/major-microsoft-outlook-outage-hits-365-customers-north-america/>

Microsoft says its systems are experiencing “elevated loads” as the company races to end an outage impacting its business and enterprise customers.

AI summary (may contain mistakes): A global Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services, with fixes continuing into a second day. Microsoft said a new patch was improving server stability after earlier fixes failed, and that it had not found evidence of malicious activity. The Register reported Microsoft had not completely ruled out a cyberattack.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 12, 2026, 1:03 PM: [Microsoft’s Outlook email hit by new outage](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/12/microsofts-outlook-email-hit-by-new-outage/>) — TechCrunch (Digital news, United States)
  Microsoft hasn't yet given a cause for the outage, which is affecting Outlook email users.
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:07 PM: [Microsoft Outlook is still down](<https://www.theverge.com/tech/1032226/microsoft-outlook-is-down>) — The Verge (Digital news, United States)
  Since just before 1PM ET on Thursday, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft quickly acknowledged the issue from its Microsoft 365 Status account, saying that "We've determined a portion of infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:11 PM: [Microsoft Outlook outage updates: Latest on email as services go down](<https://abcnews.com/US/outlook-down-microsoft-outage-reported-mail/story?id=138088203>) — ABC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  Microsoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams.
- Nov 12, 2026, 2:01 PM: [Major Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves People With Email Jobs Unable to Email](<https://www.wired.com/story/major-microsoft-outlook-outage-hits-365-customers-north-america/>) — Wired (Magazine, United States)
  Microsoft says its systems are experiencing “elevated loads” as the company races to end an outage impacting its business and enterprise customers.
- Nov 12, 2026, 2:03 PM: [Microsoft Outlook outage disrupts email for more thousands of users](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/business/microsoft-outlook-outage-disrupts-email-for-more-than-140k-users/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean right)
  Microsoft Outlook and Teams faced widespread outages in the Americas, with 140,000+ reports; check service status for updates.
- Nov 12, 2026, 3:15 PM: [Microsoft Outlook outage cause seemingly revealed](<https://mashable.com/tech/microsoft-outlook-outage-cause-revealed-nov-12-2026>) — Mashable (Digital news, United States)
  Microsoft is investigating failed server checks as a possible cause of the Nov. 12 Outlook outage and is testing a fix on some affected servers.
- Nov 12, 2026, 11:23 PM: [Global Microsoft outage leaves millions without access to Outlook email, Teams and other tools](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxOaUF1NmVWTjBJUG5xWWJya3pnTEoyRGl3ellCalZwbWpIR3k2bENITndvTHk1QmF4azRyTVRRNUM3ZU1NT2F4TGs0c3hvZE5ncF9HbHNVU2ZBWUhwdk1ENEF5ME5TVlp4WGRkbjNGbzRPWDkybTRHaTBMeVNBajBNOUFBaUsyc05j?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
- Nov 13, 2026, 12:18 AM: [Global Microsoft Outage](<https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/12/business/live-news/microsoft-global-outage-intl-hnk>) — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States)
- Nov 13, 2026, 1:37 AM: [What we know about the global Microsoft outage](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwvg238zrnm5o>) — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center)
  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.
- Nov 13, 2026, 4:15 AM: [Microsoft battling major worldwide outage](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-battling-major-outage/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  A Microsoft outage involving services like Outlook and Teams has dragged on for hours and impacted many users, companies and some government operations as the tech giant struggles to fix the issue.