Microsoft Confirms Outlook Outage Affecting Users Worldwide
- On Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, Microsoft reported an outage affecting Microsoft Outlook and other services across the Americas. Microsoft is investigating reports of users unable to access Exchange Online mailboxes "through multiple connection methods in the Americas."
- Outage tracker Downdetector reflected a spike in reports beginning just after 12 p.m. ET, with users loading Outlook encountering a "Failed to fetch" error screen while reports reached 83,000 just before 1 p.m.
- Microsoft Teams and CoPilot also experienced disruptions, with 4,400 disturbances reported for CoPilot and 2,000 for Teams. Microsoft had posted about "issues when accessing or using Microsoft Teams functionality in North America" at 10:40 a.m. ET.
- By 1 p.m., more than 128,000 users had reported problems to Downdetector. Microsoft has not provided an estimated restoration time, though users can monitor the admin center under EX1550543 for updates.
- Email services remain impacted while Teams issues were resolved around noon. Microsoft has yet to provide a timeline for full restoration of its email services across the Americas.
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Microsoft Outlook outage: thousands affected
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps. As of around 1:30 p.m. ET, more than 120,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook — with many saying they couldn’t send and […]
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Microsoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams.
Unavailable mail, problems with corporate communications and artificial intelligence. A widespread outage of Microsoft services on Thursday evening affected the tools that many companies and their employees rely on for their daily work. Users reported problems with Outlook, the Teams communicator and the Copilot assistant. Microsoft admitted that problems with connecting to its cloud services can affect customers in any region.
Microsoft Outlook is down
Over the last hour or so, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft has 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 is […]
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