# Microsoft platforms including Outlook, Teams down as tech giant struggles to fix outage

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9 outlets covering · First listed: NY Post, Nov 13, 2026, 2:16 AM · Read it: <https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/business/microsoft-platforms-including-outlook-teams-down-as-tech-giant-struggles-to-fix-outage/>

A disruption of Microsoft services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot stretched into Asia-Pacific business ‌hours on Friday after affecting thousands of US users, as the tech giant struggled to fix server problems it blamed for the outage.

## 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, 1:06 PM: [Microsoft outage live —Outlook and Teams still down for millions as fixes not going 'as expected'](<https://www.techradar.com/news/live/outlook-outage-nov-2026>) — TechRadar (Digital news, United Kingdom)
  Microsoft's popular suite of online services is still down for many.
- 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 stretches on for hours](<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, 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, 5:40 PM: [Outlook, Teams and More Microsoft Programs Disrupted by Outage](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/12/business/microsoft-outlook-down-outage-email.html>) — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left)
  The outage, which affects software used by hundreds of millions of users, has caused problems for people, companies and agencies around the world.
- 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, 2:16 AM: [Microsoft platforms including Outlook, Teams down as tech giant struggles to fix outage](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/business/microsoft-platforms-including-outlook-teams-down-as-tech-giant-struggles-to-fix-outage/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean right)
  A disruption of Microsoft services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot stretched into Asia-Pacific business ‌hours on Friday after affecting thousands of US users, as the tech giant struggled to fix server problems it blamed for the outage.