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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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The Outlook messaging service, developed by Microsoft, was affected, Thursday, by a small proportion, with repercussions on users around the world. According to the Downdetector service interruption monitoring platform, until it spread...

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Microsoft 365 has been experiencing a global outage since 5:15 PM Dutch time yesterday afternoon. As a result, various services, including Outlook and Microsoft Teams, are difficult to access or are not working at all. Users are experiencing problems with their email and are unable to hold online meetings. Microsoft's AI features are also not working. According to the company, the outage is caused by an "increased load" on the infrastructure. O…

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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Jose, United States on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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