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  "id": 19766100,
  "title": "Microsoft outage hits the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-hits-the-world",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T05:50:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
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    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/microsoft-outage-outlook-teams-exchange-online/288380/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft's Outlook and Teams were disrupted for more than 10 hours as servers went unexpectedly offline.",
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        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and other 365 services",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/widespread-microsoft-outage-takes-down-outlook-and-other-365-services",
        "published": "2026-11-12T22:11:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News Tech",
        "title": "Microsoft suffers global outage - as fix not going 'as expected'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-suffers-global-outage-as-fix-not-going-as-expected",
        "published": "2026-11-13T04:33:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "Microsoft 365 went down (and took the Defender portal with it): the admin checklist for the next outage",
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        "published": "2026-11-13T04:38:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Computerworld",
        "title": "Microsoft struggles to get M365 services back online after widespread outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-struggles-to-get-m365-services-back-online-after-widespread",
        "published": "2026-11-13T07:00:39.000Z"
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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."
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