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  "id": 19762161,
  "title": "‘Looks like we’ll have to talk to people’: Australia sent back to time before email with major Microsoft outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/looks-like-well-have-to-talk-to-people-australia-sent-back-to-time-19762161",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T04:40:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/13/major-microsoft-outage-impacts-australian-government-services-and-schools"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Government services and schools impacted by Outlook and Teams issue as company says fix not ‘taking as expected’ Microsoft outage – live updates Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams Australian schools, courts and government services have been hurled back in time to how business used to be done after a global Microsoft outage caused emails and online meetings to go…",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Microsoft outage cuts Queensland Health from emails, Teams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-cuts-queensland-health-from-emails-teams",
        "published": "2026-11-13T02:33:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Microsoft outage cuts Queensland Health from emails, Teams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-cuts-queensland-health-from-emails-teams-19744865",
        "published": "2026-11-13T02:33:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}