Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, and 365 services for thousands

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A widespread outage disrupted Microsoft platforms on Thursday, November 12, 2026, affecting Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and Microsoft 365 services, with nearly 130,000 users reporting issues on Downdetector. Microsoft said it was investigating disruptions, particularly with email and Teams, attributing connectivity errors to elevated load on its infrastructure and servers that failed during automated checks. The company was testing a fix. Earlier, Microsoft said it had restored Teams problems in North America, though some users still reported issues. The company did not immediately explain the root cause of the server failures.


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