# Microsoft races to restore services after global outage

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9 outlets covering · First listed: Financial Times, Nov 13, 2026, 12:03 AM · Read it: <https://www.ft.com/content/025b2769-bca8-4a74-b9f5-5d7ad7da32c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1>

Issue affecting Outlook, Teams and other services not caused by ‘malicious or cyber activity’, company says

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 12, 2026, 1:17 PM: [Multiple Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an outage](<https://www.engadget.com/2315259/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](<https://tech.yahoo.com/general/breaking-news/article/microsoft-outlook-and-other-services-down-company-says-its-investigating-195506472.html>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left)
- Nov 12, 2026, 2:57 PM: [Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and other 365 services](<https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/microsoft-outage-outlook-aws-google.html>) — CNBC (Business & finance, United States, rated Center)
  A Microsoft outage on Thursday affected users of services like Outlook, Teams and 365.
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:00 PM: [When will the global Microsoft Outlook outage be fixed? What we know.](<https://mashable.com/tech/microsoft-oulook-global-outage-when-will-it-be-fixed-nov-12-2026>) — Mashable (Digital news, United States)
  A global Microsoft outage has caused problems with Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365. When will it be fixed?
- Nov 12, 2026, 9:10 PM: [Microsoft 365 Outage Stretches Late Into the Evening, With Services Like Outlook and Teams Still Unstable](<https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-365-outage-stretches-late-into-the-evening-with-services-like-outlook-and-teams-still-unstable-2000839374>) — Gizmodo (Digital news, United States)
  Microsoft 365 services were unavailable for much of the workday, and remained so into the night.
- 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, 12:03 AM: [Microsoft races to restore services after global outage](<https://www.ft.com/content/025b2769-bca8-4a74-b9f5-5d7ad7da32c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1>) — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Center)
  Issue affecting Outlook, Teams and other services not caused by ‘malicious or cyber activity’, company says
- 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.