{
  "id": 19691715,
  "title": "A Microsoft 365 outage is hitting users in regions around the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/a-microsoft-365-outage-is-hitting-users-in-regions-around-the-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T19:08:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news-globalnews",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12148204/microsoft-outage-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Microsoft 365 outage is impacting over a hundred thousand users worldwide, according to reports. The company is currently investigating the issue and working to resolve it. The problems began around noon Eastern, with users reporting difficulties accessing Exchange Online mailboxes using various connection methods. Microsoft confirmed the issue may affect service connectivity for users in any region and provided further details in the Microsoft 365 admin center under EX1550543. Around 1:30 pm Eastern, the website Downdetector reported over 100,000 outages.",
  "summary": "More than a hundred thousand users are reporting issues with Microsoft systems as the company says it is working to address the problems being seen around the world.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Outlook outage disrupts Microsoft 365 services for thousands",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/outlook-outage-disrupts-microsoft-365-services-for-thousands",
        "published": "2026-11-12T18:45:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/is-outlook-down-widespread-outage-hits-microsoft-apps",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:12:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Breaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlook",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/breaking-microsoft-platforms-suffering-widespread-outages-including",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:29:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Microsoft 365 hit by massive outage across the Americas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/microsoft-365-hit-by-massive-outage-across-the-americas",
        "published": "2026-11-12T20:05:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}