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Microsoft ‘restarting’ as outage impacts global users, with Outlook and Teams affected
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian World is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 12 Nov 2026, 20:46 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Microsoft ‘restarting’ as outage impacts global users, with Outlook and Teams affected”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
An alert on Microsoft’s site said it was ‘aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact’ and blamed a server issue Microsoft says its servers are beginning to return to service after a global outage resulted in nearly 130,000 users globally reporting issues accessing its 365 suite of software, including Outlook…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported 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
- severity changed
The assessed event severity changed.
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian