Microsoft outage disrupts services in 73 countries, fix underway

Microsoft is working to resolve a global outage affecting its 365 suite, Teams, Outlook, and Copilot across 73 countries, with a fix patch showing positive results after an initial attempt failed. The outage began November 12, peaking with over 130,000 reported Outlook issues in the US and 3,000 in the UK, disrupting key business tools like email and meetings. Microsoft attributed the cause to elevated infrastructure load and ruled out malicious activity. Affected organizations include Australia's spy agency and federal police, plus UK police, councils, and US courts. Microsoft confirmed no cyberattack caused the incident and will provide a full post-incident report once resolved.