Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, and other services for second day

Microsoft services including Outlook, Microsoft 365, Teams, Microsoft Store, and Copilot remain unstable on Friday, November 13, following outages that began Thursday afternoon. The company says corrective measures have not yet produced a lasting recovery. Microsoft reported partial recovery in some regions but stated these actions are not resulting in sustained improvement. The company is investigating the cause, noting an unexpected unavailability of a large number of servers is transferring load to remaining infrastructure, potentially affecting user access. Australian intelligence and federal police agencies were affected, with the government prioritizing service restoration. Microsoft believes the issue is not a cyberattack but may resemble the 2024 CrowdStrike update problem. DownDetector recorded approximately 41,000 user reports of access difficulties.