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Microsoft says services fully restored after a global outage of Outlook and Teams

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First reported on Friday 13 November 2026 at 04:20 EST by Forbes·Latest article on Saturday 14 November 2026 at 04:21 EST

Summary

The outage of Microsoft's Outlook and Teams entered its second day, Forbes reported on Friday 13 November, Microsoft saying a new patch was improving server stability after earlier fixes failed and that it had not found any evidence that the outage was caused by malicious activity. Microsoft was making progress in bringing its popular workplace software back online as the global outage entered its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Later on Friday, Forbes headlined that the tech giant has no timeline for recovery and says it is 'deeply sorry', Microsoft saying it was seeing 'broad recovery' from the availability issues that began Thursday. On Saturday 14 November, NBC News reported that Microsoft blamed a 'technical issue' for the outage, saying it was not the result of a cyberattack or artificial intelligence, and The Philadelphia Inquirer that Microsoft says services are fully restored after a massive, global outage that lasted for hours.

Latest: Microsoft says services are fully restored after a massive, global outage that lasted for hours, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, NBC News having reported that Microsoft blamed a 'technical issue' for the outage, saying it was not the result of a cyberattack or artificial intelligence.

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How it unfolded

  1. Saturday 14 November

    Microsoft says services are fully restored after a massive, global outage that lasted for hours, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, NBC News having reported that Microsoft blamed a 'technical issue' for the outage, saying it was not the result of a cyberattack or artificial intelligence.

  2. Friday 13 November

    Microsoft said a new patch was improving server stability after earlier fixes failed and that it had not found any evidence that the outage was caused by malicious activity, Forbes reported, and The Philadelphia Inquirer that Microsoft was making progress in bringing its popular workplace software back online as the global outage entered its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools.