# The Microsoft outage is disrupting email. These business leaders barely use it anyway. > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2899787 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 6 outlets covering · First listed: Business Insider, Nov 13, 2026, 12:07 AM · Read it: People affected by the outage took to social media to urge Microsoft to resolve the issue so they could get back to work. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - 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, 2:03 PM: [Microsoft Outlook outage disrupts email for more thousands of 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, 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 13, 2026, 12:07 AM: [The Microsoft outage is disrupting email. These business leaders barely use it anyway.]() — Business Insider (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left) People affected by the outage took to social media to urge Microsoft to resolve the issue so they could get back to work. - Nov 13, 2026, 12:18 AM: [Global Microsoft Outage]() — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States) - Nov 13, 2026, 1:37 AM: [What we know about the global Microsoft outage]() — 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.