7 hours ago
Microsoft begins restoring services as global outage affects Outlook and Teams
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. The Guardian World and BBC Business are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 12 Nov 2026, 20:25 UTC. 7 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Microsoft begins restoring services as global outage affects Outlook and Teams”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Recovery process under way, company says, after nearly 130,000 users worldwide reported access issues Microsoft outage – live updates Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams and other apps were disrupted for thousands of users for more than five hours on Thursday, with Microsoft saying it was still working to return affected servers…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by BBC Business
Microsoft users report outages amid tech giant 'connectivity issues'
- New development reported by BBC Business
Microsoft struggling to restore service as global outage affects Outlook and Teams
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Microsoft ‘restarting’ as outage impacts global users, with Outlook and Teams affected
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Global Microsoft outage affecting Outlook and Teams users, with company ‘restarting’ servers
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Global Microsoft outage affects Outlook and Teams users, with company ‘restarting’ servers
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Microsoft begins restoring services amid global outage affecting Outlook and Teams
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Microsoft begins restoring services as global outage affects Outlook and Teams
Same story, different outlets
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