Al Jazeera· November 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM· EN
Live: Microsoft struggles to restore services as outage hits global users
As disruption affects users worldwide, Microsoft admits fixes are not going 'as expected'.
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Global Microsoft outage disrupts businesses, governments and public services
15 Articles11 Sources4 RegionsLatest source November 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Hespress English· November 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM· EN
Global Microsoft outage disrupts businesses, governments and public services
A major Microsoft outage disrupted businesses, government agencies and public services worldwide on Friday, leaving users unable to access Outlook, Teams and other workplace applications as the technology company struggled to restore systems more than 12 hours after the disruption began.
Open original →Channel News Asia· November 13, 2026 at 04:08 AM· EN
Australia's spy agency, federal police hit by Microsoft outage
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Microsoft told him it did not believe the outage was caused by a cyber attack.
Open original →Africa News· November 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM· EN
Outlook outage hits users in 74 countries as Microsoft seeks fix
Microsoft said on Thursday that efforts to repair a major outage of Outlook were not going as expected and the firm was seeking alternative solutions as users around the world were left without its crucial services.
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Live: Microsoft struggles to restore services as outage hits global users
Al Jazeera· QA· EN· November 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Global Microsoft outage disrupts businesses, governments and public services
Hespress English· MA· EN· November 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?
Al Jazeera· QA· EN· November 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Chinese-Asian(1)
Global South(2)
Western-Atlantic(9)
Microsoft battling major worldwide outage
CBS News· US· EN· November 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Microsoft outage hits companies and governments worldwide
Globe and Mail· CA· EN· November 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Microsoft faces a major Outlook outage: ‘no signs of a cyberattack’
France24· FR· EN· November 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
What we know about the global Microsoft outage
BBC World· GB· EN· November 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Microsoft outage hits hospitals, GPs, schools and police across UK
The Guardian· GB· EN· November 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Microsoft blames server problems as worldwide outage persists
Globe and Mail· CA· EN· November 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
'One of the biggest outages ever': Disruption to Microsoft services enters second day
France24· FR· EN· November 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Microsoft fails to restore services after more than 12 hours of global disruption
El País English· ES· EN· November 13, 2026 at 09:43 AM
Watch: How Microsoft services went down around the world
BBC World· GB· EN· November 13, 2026 at 08:18 AM
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