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  "id": 19695137,
  "title": "Outlook outage disrupts Microsoft 365 services for thousands",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/outlook-outage-disrupts-microsoft-365-services-for-thousands",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T18:45:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1580551/outlook-outage-disrupts-microsoft-365-services-for-thousands/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Outlook outage affected thousands of Microsoft users across the Americas on Thursday, disrupting access to email and other Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft confirmed that users were facing difficulties accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection options. The company said it had launched an investigation into the reported problems. However, it did not initially identify […]",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:08:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}