5 hours ago · Australia
Microsoft outage live: Microsoft prioritising ‘life, safety and government services’ as global outage wreaks havoc for Outlook users
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. The Guardian UK and ABC Australia are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Australia. The first report grouped here was at 12 Nov 2026, 22:25 UTC. 5 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Microsoft outage live: Microsoft prioritising ‘life, safety and government services’ as global outage wreaks havoc for Outlook users”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Microsoft says some servers are returning to service and a recovery process is under way to end global outage Microsoft begins restoring services amid global outage affecting Outlook and Teams There are plenty of essential services that remain unaffected by the outage, which is largely impacting email systems.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by ABC Australia
Australia's cyber security chief looking into Microsoft outage
- New development reported by ABC Australia
'No indication' Outlook outage caused by cyber attack, Microsoft says
- severity changed
The assessed event severity changed.
- New development reported by The Guardian UK
Microsoft outage live: Outlook and Teams failures hit government agencies, schools and businesses
- New development reported by The Guardian UK
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.