# Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage

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11 outlets covering · First listed: PBS NewsHour, Nov 14, 2026, 10:23 AM · Read it: <https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage>

The outage affected governments, courts, healthcare services, businesses, airlines and banks in many places. Governments including those of Japan, Singapore and Australia reported that the hourslong episode had impacted some of their operations.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 13, 2026, 12:03 AM: [Microsoft says services experiencing ‘broad recovery’ after global outage](<https://www.ft.com/content/025b2769-bca8-4a74-b9f5-5d7ad7da32c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1>) — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Center)
  German government says it ‘anticipates a very big impact’ on economy
- Nov 13, 2026, 4:15 AM: [Microsoft says it "restored service" after major worldwide outage](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-battling-major-outage/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  A Microsoft outage involving services like Outlook and Teams impacted many users, companies and government services.
- Nov 13, 2026, 11:15 AM: [The Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World](<https://www.wired.com/story/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](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/13/technology/microsoft-outage-what-to-know.html>) — 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.
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:16 PM: [Microsoft says services still returning amid widespread outage](<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/13/microsoft-says-services-still-returning-amid-widespread-outage>) — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar, rated Lean left)
  Governments, businesses, individuals were disrupted globally as server failures stretch into second day.
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:49 PM: [Microsoft says services fully restored after day-long global outage](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6rrg51rkz09o>) — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center)
  Efforts to address the underlying problem with Outlook, Teams and Copilot are complete, the tech firm says.
- Nov 13, 2026, 3:50 PM: [US Radar Service Outage](<https://www.weather.gov/afc/radaroutage>) — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States)
- Nov 14, 2026, 1:23 AM: [Microsoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outage](<https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/copilot/articles/microsoft-outage-drags-hours-disrupting-233132005.html>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left)
  Nov 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours. "We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions," the company posted on ‌X. Microsoft had said server issues were behind the incident that also affected its Copilot AI assistant, and that it was not aware of any malicious activity, ruling out AI as the cause.…
- Nov 14, 2026, 3:12 AM: [Microsoft says services fully restored after hourslong global outage](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNZHlYRjJoX0RfREJ3UFBlQ3pacWMwMjBXeGJETGNBTFIzbHZMd1o0UFpMR00tQ25kb0x3YlBjZk4wd25hQTVoQ0FQdTVydERxenNBbkx0YVU5VGtnMUJwcW0tc2FFZ0tsMk0wbFc4TjRHWFhid01xWmljT0tZMVFicUVWRk1ueWdscFMyZXdHWGVJWjdSQ1ozLWJGdXpNMFRQdFc2Mw?oc=5>) — AP (Wire service, United States, rated Center)
- Nov 14, 2026, 5:47 AM: [Microsoft restores Microsoft 365 services after global outage](<https://cryptobriefing.com/microsoft-restores-services-after-global-outage/>) — Crypto Briefing (Specialist)
  The global outage highlights the critical dependency on cloud services, urging businesses to reassess their contingency strategies.
- Nov 14, 2026, 10:23 AM: [Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage](<https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage>) — PBS NewsHour (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left)
  The outage affected governments, courts, healthcare services, businesses, airlines and banks in many places. Governments including those of Japan, Singapore and Australia reported that the hourslong episode had impacted some of their operations.
