{
  "id": 19789138,
  "title": "Microsoft outage to have 'cascading impact' on businesses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-to-have-cascading-impact-on-businesses-19789138",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T09:18:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-to-have-cascading-impact-on-businesses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The continuing outage of Microsoft’s collaboration tools will have a “cascading” effect on businesses, with the financial impact increasing the longer it stretches, experts say. Microsoft 365 tools Exchange Online and Outlook were affected, with Teams, SharePoint Online, Copilot also likely to be affected by the interruption that began on Thursday. The company is still working on fixing it. “The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Microsoft 365 outage credits: 7 things businesses should know about SLA claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/microsoft-365-outage-credits-7-things-businesses-should-know-about",
        "published": "2026-11-12T21:11:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}