Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email
Microsoft reports issues with Outlook, Teams, and email as tens of thousands of users experience service disruptions.
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The brief
Microsoft is reporting issues with Outlook, Teams, and email services, according to coverage from ABC7 Los Angeles. The coverage identifies Microsoft as the company acknowledging the problems but does not specify the exact nature of the technical fault, the number of affected users, or the geographic scope of the outage.
This coverage emphasizes the scale of the disruption, stating that tens of thousands of users are affected.
Because both services are named together in the ABC7 Los Angeles report, the disruption may affect a shared infrastructure or authentication layer, though the coverage does not establish a root cause. No specific regions, industries, or user counts beyond "tens of thousands" are identified in the available coverage.
Readers should watch for further updates from Microsoft regarding service restoration and any official explanation of the underlying issue. Coverage does not yet specify when services are expected to return to normal, whether the outage is ongoing, or if additional Microsoft products beyond Outlook, Teams, and email are affected. Continued monitoring of both ABC7 Los Angeles and Al Jazeera may provide further details as the situation develops.
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Quick answers
Which Microsoft services are affected?
Coverage from ABC7 Los Angeles states that Microsoft is reporting issues with Outlook, Teams, and email.
How many users are affected?
Al Jazeera reports that tens of thousands of users are hit by the outage, though no exact figure is provided.
When did the outage begin?
The coverage does not specify an exact start time; ABC7 Los Angeles published its report at 20:29 UTC on November 12, 2026, while Al Jazeera published at 20:03 UTC the same day.
What caused the outage?
The available coverage does not identify a cause for the disruption.
Coverage (8)
- Microsoft outage live: Microsoft scrambling for new ways to fix global outage after initial attempts fail to restore Outlook services The Guardian · 1d ago
- Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, and Copilot for users 'in any region' Yahoo Finance · 1d ago
- Microsoft outage live: Microsoft scrambling for new ways to fix global outage after initial attempts fail to restore Outlook services The Guardian · 1d ago
- Microsoft outage live: Microsoft prioritising ‘life, safety and government services’ as global outage wreaks havoc for Outlook users The Guardian · 1d ago
- Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft email and other apps WyomingNews.com · 1d ago
- Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email ABC7 New York · 1d ago
- Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email ABC7 Los Angeles · 1d ago
- Microsoft outage hits tens of thousands of users Al Jazeera · 1d ago
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