# Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why? > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/3064707 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 16 outlets covering · First listed: Al Jazeera, Nov 13, 2026, 3:30 AM · Read it: Outlook, Teams and Copilot remain disrupted in 74 countries as Microsoft reports ‘marginal success’ in fixing outage. AI summary (may contain mistakes): A global Microsoft 365 outage disrupted services for governments, businesses, schools, and hospitals. Microsoft stated it has found no evidence of malicious activity, linking the disruption to failed health checks. The company is working on stability improvements and a full root-cause report is pending. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - 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 13, 2026, 12:03 AM: [Microsoft races to restore services after global outage]() — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Center) German government says it ‘anticipates a very big impact’ on economy - Nov 13, 2026, 12:18 AM: [Global Microsoft Outage]() — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States) - Nov 13, 2026, 1:47 AM: [Microsoft reports progress in reviving email and other services during a global outage]() — AP (Wire service, United States, rated Center) - Nov 13, 2026, 3:30 AM: [Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?]() — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar, rated Lean left) Outlook, Teams and Copilot remain disrupted in 74 countries as Microsoft reports ‘marginal success’ in fixing outage. - Nov 13, 2026, 5:37 AM: [Microsoft 365 outage passes 12 hours, hitting users in 74 countries]() — Crypto Briefing (Specialist) The outage highlights the vulnerability of global operations reliant on centralized cloud services, urging a reevaluation of contingency strategies. - Nov 13, 2026, 6:16 AM: [First Thing: Global Microsoft outage chaos as tech firm says there are ‘signs of stabilisation’]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Lean left) - Nov 13, 2026, 6:53 AM: [Microsoft ‘seeing encouraging recovery progress’ in global Outlook, Teams outage]() — The Hill (Newspaper, United States, rated Center) Microsoft is still working to restore access to its services after a massive global outage impacted dozens of its services on Thursday. The company said early Friday that it is “seeing encouraging recovery progress,” according to a statement shared on social media. “Some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue,” it reads.… - Nov 13, 2026, 7:15 AM: [Microsoft’s latest email outage turned into a full blown global cloud crisis]() — TechCrunch (Digital news, United States) Microsoft's day-long outage began with Outlook and Teams, and ended up taking much of the company's cloud services offline. Microsoft says it's gradually restoring service. - Nov 13, 2026, 7:41 AM: [Microsoft reports global outage impacting some government operations]() — MS NOW (TV network, United States, rated Left) The extent of the outage wasn’t clear, but the company said in January that it had more than 450 million paid Microsoft 365 commercial subscriptions. - Nov 13, 2026, 9:26 AM: [Microsoft’s global outage may be worse than Amazon's or CrowdStrike's, expert says]() — Ars Technica (Digital news, United States) Governments, hospitals, courts scrambled by global Microsoft outage. - Nov 13, 2026, 9:38 AM: [Microsoft Links Global Outage to Failed Health Checks]() — The Defiant (Specialist) Outlook and Copilot remained disrupted Friday. Microsoft said it had no evidence of malicious activity, but a full root-cause report was still to come. - Nov 13, 2026, 10:13 AM: [Global Microsoft outage disrupts businesses, schools, governments and more]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 13, 2026, 10:19 AM: [Microsoft apologizes for global outage: We regret the impact, can rule out cyberattack]() — Mashable (Digital news, United States) Microsoft issued a formal apology about the global Microsoft 365 outage that started Nov. 13 and extended into the next day. - Nov 13, 2026, 11:15 AM: [The Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World]() — Wired (Magazine, United States) Countless businesses, schools, hospitals, and governments have found out the hard way what it means to rely on a single company’s systems to get things done. And next time could be even worse. - Nov 13, 2026, 11:52 AM: [Microsoft’s Global Outage and Fixes: What We Know]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) The company described “encouraging” progress on efforts to overcome a second day of disruptions to its email, messaging and other services.