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Microsoft outage live: company ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian Business is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 13 Nov 2026, 16:02 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Microsoft outage live: company ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Microsoft reports it is ‘continuing to see improvements in service availability’, after millions of customers around the world suffered disruption Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage? Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Guardian UK
Microsoft outage live: millions still affected as disruption stretches beyond 18 hours
- Picked up by The Guardian Business
Microsoft outage live: disruption continues to affect millions as company says service is improving
- Picked up by The Guardian Business
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian