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  "id": 19942347,
  "title": "Microsoft 365 suffers biggest outage in 12 months as reports top 7m",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-365-suffers-biggest-outage-in-12-months-as-reports-top-7m",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-14T07:11:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/technology/article/microsoft-365-suffers-biggest-outage-in-12-months-as-reports-top-7m/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity ecosystem has suffered its largest outage in 12 months, attracting more than seven million user-submitted disruption reports read more Microsoft 365 suffers biggest outage in 12 months as reports top 7m",
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        "outlet": "City AM",
        "title": "Asda and Natwest hit as Microsoft outage sparks ‘bad day for UK PLC’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/asda-and-natwest-hit-as-microsoft-outage-sparks-bad-day-for-uk-plc",
        "published": "2026-11-13T12:50:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Daily Africa",
        "title": "Kenyan firms hit by global Microsoft outage disrupting emails, meetings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/kenyan-firms-hit-by-global-microsoft-outage-disrupting-emails-meetings",
        "published": "2026-11-13T14:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Microsoft reports progress in restoring service after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-reports-progress-in-restoring-service-after-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-13T17:31:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Microsoft outage renews European calls to detox from US tech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-renews-european-calls-to-detox-from-us-tech",
        "published": "2026-11-13T17:32:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "How Microsoft outage has affected key public services in the UK",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/how-microsoft-outage-has-affected-key-public-services-in-the-uk",
        "published": "2026-11-13T19:45:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
        "title": "Microsoft outage eases after over a day, recovery timeline uncertain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-outage-eases-after-over-a-day-recovery-timeline-uncertain",
        "published": "2026-11-14T02:51:12.000Z"
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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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