Widespread Microsoft services outage disrupts email and transactions worldwide

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1. 12 Nov 2026, 20:56 Reuters reported that Microsoft 365, Outlook and Teams services were disrupted for thousands of users in the United States, without details on the cause of the outage or how long it would last.
2. 13 Nov 2026, 07:51 Reports said outages in Microsoft services continued, preventing hundreds of millions of users around the world from accessing their email, in a large-scale technical incident.
3. 13 Nov 2026, 07:52 Microsoft announced that its remediation measures had not achieved the expected results, confirming it was working on alternative solutions to address the problem.
4. 13 Nov 2026, 07:56 Downdetector, which tracks digital service outages, recorded the disruption of Microsoft services in 74 countries and regions around the world, without further details on the size, causes or duration of the outage.
5. 13 Nov 2026, 20:27 LBCI Lebanon reported that an outage in Microsoft services disrupted many transactions around the world, without further details on the nature or scale of the outage or the most affected regions.
6. 13 Nov 2026, 22:14 Microsoft said it did not yet have an estimate for the time needed for full recovery from the outage.

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