{
  "id": 19723735,
  "title": "When will the global Microsoft Outlook outage be fixed? What we know.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/when-will-the-global-microsoft-outlook-outage-be-fixed-what-we-know",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T23:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/microsoft-oulook-global-outage-when-will-it-be-fixed-nov-12-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A significant global outage has struck Microsoft services today, causing Outlook, Teams, Copilot, Microsoft 365, and other popular platforms to experience widespread downtime. Users are left wondering when they will regain access to their emails, messages, and calendars.\n\nMicrosoft has not provided an estimated timeframe for when the services will return to normal. In an optimistic update posted to X at 4:00 p.m. ET, the company reported that some affected servers were already back online. However, by 5:09 p.m. ET, Microsoft acknowledged that its services were still down.\n\n\"We're opening all available pathways to restore service, as our actions taken thus far have not provided the anticipated relief,\" Microsoft wrote on X and its status page. This Tweet is currently unavailable.\n\nThis is not the first time Microsoft services have faced outages. The most recent one occurred on August 31 of this year, when Outlook experienced a significant outage that began around noon. According to earlier reports, service had been fully restored by 11 p.m. ET that night. If Microsoft can deploy fixes in a similar timeframe, then this latest Microsoft Outlook outage should be resolved around 11:30 p.m. ET tonight.\n\nHowever, the actual timeframe for recovery could vary greatly depending on the specific issue and the efforts required to restore services. Mashable reached out to Microsoft for more information about the outage, but the company had not responded by the time of publication. This story is still developing, and more updates are expected.",
  "summary": "A global Microsoft outage has caused problems with Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365. When will it be fixed?",
  "key_points": [
    "Global Microsoft Outlook outage ongoing, causing service downtime",
    "Microsoft has not provided estimated recovery timeframe",
    "Company reported some servers back online by 5:09 p.m. ET"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}