# Microsoft 365 Outage Stretches Late Into the Evening, With Services Like Outlook and Teams Still Unstable > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2766446 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 12 outlets covering · First listed: Gizmodo, Nov 12, 2026, 9:10 PM · Read it: Microsoft 365 services were unavailable for much of the workday, and remained so into the night. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 12:20 PM: [Service degradation on Microsoft 365]() — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States) - Nov 12, 2026, 1:03 PM: [Microsoft’s 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]() — 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 stretches on for hours]() — ABC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) Microsoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams. - Nov 12, 2026, 1:17 PM: [Multiple Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an outage]() — Engadget (Digital news, United States) Outlook and Teams are among the platforms impacted by "elevated load" issues. - Nov 12, 2026, 1:55 PM: [Microsoft Outlook and Teams hit by outages as company works to restore service]() — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 12, 2026, 2:15 PM: [Massive Microsoft 365 outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, Copilot worldwide]() — BleepingComputer (Specialist, United States) Microsoft is investigating a widespread outage affecting multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot, as users report connectivity problems worldwide. - Nov 12, 2026, 2:25 PM: [Microsoft struggling to restore service as global outage affects Outlook and Teams]() — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center) Microsoft said the outage was caused by servers unexpected becoming unavailable, straining other systems. - Nov 12, 2026, 2:57 PM: [Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and other 365 services]() — CNBC (Business & finance, United States, rated Center) A Microsoft outage on Thursday affected users of services like Outlook, Teams and 365. - Nov 12, 2026, 3:15 PM: [Microsoft Outlook outage cause seemingly revealed]() — 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, 5:40 PM: [Outlook, Teams and More Microsoft Programs Disrupted by Outage]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) The outage began early Thursday afternoon, causing problems for offices, agencies and individuals around the globe. - Nov 12, 2026, 9:10 PM: [Microsoft 365 Outage Stretches Late Into the Evening, With Services Like Outlook and Teams Still Unstable]() — Gizmodo (Digital news, United States) Microsoft 365 services were unavailable for much of the workday, and remained so into the night.