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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Global Microsoft outage stretches into Asia-Pacific, disrupting governments, airlines, AI companies
Microsoft struggled to restore Outlook, Teams, and Copilot after a widespread outage affected thousands of users and disrupted government agencies across the US and Asia.
Functions of Microsoft 365 services, which depend on the Exchange Online cloud platform and email, were affected.
Shafaq News - Follow-up: Microsoft services experienced widespread disruptions following an outage affecting several of its key applications, including Outlook, Copilot, and Teams. Reports of outages were received from 74 countries and regions within a single hour, according to Downdetector, a website specializing in monitoring online service outages. Microsoft stated that it is "working diligently to explore all avenues to minimize the impact" …
Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams services have been experiencing access problems worldwide for over 12 hours. Microsoft stated that unexpected server shutdowns increased the load on the infrastructure, and that platforms integrated with Microsoft systems, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, were also affected by the outage.
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