Microsoft's massive outage is finally easing up, but Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and other services remain disrupted
Some users are reporting that they're able to access Microsoft tools and services again
Microsoft's extensive outage is gradually improving, although services such as Outlook, Teams, Copilot AI, and others remain disrupted. Some users are now able to access their emails and other Microsoft 365 services, albeit with limitations. For instance, there are reports of users receiving emails but not being able to send them.
However, Microsoft's platforms continue to operate in a degraded state. The disruption commenced shortly after 1:45 pm ET on November 12th, as indicated by social media and user reports on DownDetector.
Microsoft's Twitter feed has been consistently updated, providing progress reports as the company works to resolve the issues. The Service Health Status page on Microsoft's website has also been frequently updated. The latest update indicates that there has been ongoing recovery progress across affected regions, with improvements observed in North America and sustained improvements across most of Europe.
Similarly, encouraging recovery signals are being seen in Asia Pacific, although some users might still encounter intermittent access issues or delayed email delivery as mitigation efforts continue in the remaining affected infrastructure.
The ongoing efforts are centered on stabilizing the recovered infrastructure, completing mitigation in the remaining impacted areas, and reducing delayed email queues and backlogs. Microsoft's focus remains on ensuring service consistency and validating recovery across various connection methods as it strives towards a full resolution. The cause of the outage has been attributed to Azure VNET configuration changes. This article will be updated as further information becomes available.
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