Outlook Not so Good! Office Workers Show Sense of Humour as They React to Microsoft Meltdown with Hilarious Memes
Microsoft said the outage stemmed from unexpectedly unavailable servers, and more than 430 million people use its online apps.
- On Friday, November 13, 2026, Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive experienced a global outage, disrupting operations for corporate users worldwide across 72 countries.
- Per Microsoft, the outage stemmed from a number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable rather than increased traffic, straining the remaining infrastructure.
- Services including Copilot and SharePoint are among those hit, with more than 430 million people using Microsoft's suite of applications globally affected by the disruption.
- Burger King and McDonalds posted memes reacting to the disruption, while social media users flooded platforms with humor; Brandon Bates noted that 'Brands didn't hold back on the trend.'
- The outage occurred on Friday the 13th, prompting comparisons to the 2024 Crowdstrike crash that disrupted airports, banks, and governments worldwide for similar duration.
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