# Microsoft outage was largest of 2026, report says > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/3643665 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 6 outlets covering · First listed: Mashable, Nov 13, 2026, 3:51 PM · Read it: DownDetector said Microsoft's big outage was, by a wide margin, the biggest of 2026. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 10:32 PM: [Microsoft reports email service is ‘approaching normal levels’ following widespread global outage]() — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left) - Nov 13, 2026, 12:18 AM: [Global Microsoft Outage]() — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States) - Nov 13, 2026, 3:13 AM: [Microsoft Outlook, Teams Outage Enters Second Day—Company Reports Progress On Fix]() — Forbes (Magazine, United States, rated Center) Microsoft said a new patch is improving server stability after earlier fixes failed, and added it has not found any evidence that the outage was caused by malicious activity. - 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, 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, 3:51 PM: [Microsoft outage was largest of 2026, report says]() — Mashable (Digital news, United States) DownDetector said Microsoft's big outage was, by a wide margin, the biggest of 2026.