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's Outlook, Teams Go Down
Millions of inboxes were inaccessible on Thursday after Microsoft's Outlook service went dark across much of North America. Microsoft Teams also briefly falsed, ABC News reports. User complaints began surging just before 1pm ET, and by 1:09, more than 129,000 problems reports had been logged on Downdetector. Microsoft...
Microsoft explained the interruptions that affected Thursday, November 12th, several of its services, including Outlook, Teams and Microsoft 365, due to problems at the server infrastructure level. Microsoft stated that the problems were caused by the unavailability of several servers, which oversaw the remaining functioning infrastructure.
Microsoft 365 outage persists, affecting emails and AI Copilot - NBR | Business news & analysis | Independent, ad-free reporting
An outage is affecting multiple Microsoft applications including 365, Outlook and Copilot in New Zealand and around the world. Outage website Downdetector showed service interruption began about 6. 30am today, while Microsoft’s own “health status” page noted “users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services”.
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