Microsoft Outage: Why did Microsoft Outlook and other products go offline globally?
The number of affected services came with significant consequences for professional users as well as entire sectors
- ✓The number of affected services came with significant consequences for professional users as well as entire sectors
- ✓The story so far: Software giant Microsoft faced a widespread outage affecting users of its Microsoft 365 service from the early hours of November 13 (IST).
- ✓Website status-checking tool DownDetector reported that over a lakh users had registered complaints about the Outlook email service in the outage’s early hours.
The number of affected services came with significant consequences for professional users as well as entire sectors
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| Issuing Authority | The Hindu World & Diplomacy |
|---|---|
| Topic Category | TECHNOLOGY |
| Jurisdiction | All India / National |
| Publication Date | 14 November 2026 |