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  "id": 19758981,
  "title": "A global Microsoft 365 outage has hit thousands – what happened and when will it be fixed?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/a-global-microsoft-365-outage-has-hit-thousands-what-happened-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T04:46:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/13/global-microsoft-outage-what-happened-and-why"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft outage lasting for more the nine hours affects businesses, government agencies and even its own employees Hundreds of thousands of people were unable to access their emails, Teams chats or meetings on Thursday night and Friday morning after a Microsoft 365 outage brought down services across the globe. The incident affected businesses, government agencies, and even Microsoft employees…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Microsoft outage: Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, Copilot all impacted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/microsoft-outage-microsoft-365-teams-outlook-copilot-all-impacted",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:14:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ProPakistani",
        "title": "Microsoft 365 Outage Hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot Worldwide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/microsoft-365-outage-hits-outlook-teams-and-copilot-worldwide",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:18:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Microsoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot, disrupting thousands",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/microsoft-outage-hits-outlook-teams-and-copilot-disrupting-thousands",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:38:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Microsoft says it’s working to fix Outlook, Copilot outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/microsoft-says-its-working-to-fix-outlook-copilot-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-12T22:50:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Microsoft scrambles ‘aggressively’ as widespread outage hits Outlook, Teams, and Copilot worldwide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-scrambles-aggressively-as-widespread-outage-hits-outlook",
        "published": "2026-11-13T02:24:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Microsoft outage: Outlook, Copilot and Teams remain disrupted, over 200,000 user issues reported",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-outlook-copilot-and-teams-remain-disrupted-over-200",
        "published": "2026-11-13T03:39:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Outlook, Teams, Copilot hit globally; Microsoft says attempts to fix not going ‘as expected’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/outlook-teams-copilot-hit-globally-microsoft-says-attempts-to-fix-not",
        "published": "2026-11-13T04:04:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Microsoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot across 74 countries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-hits-outlook-teams-and-copilot-across-74-countries",
        "published": "2026-11-13T04:05:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}