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  "id": 19969265,
  "title": "Microsoft services fully restored after global outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T11:16:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1114/1599205-microsoft-outage/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft announced that its services have fully recovered following a global outage that lasted over 24 hours. The company stated that they had addressed the underlying issue causing the incident and restored service to all impacted customers and regions. Microsoft's Teams, Outlook, and other products, as well as its Copilot AI assistant, were affected by the server issues, which also prevented users from sending emails, managing calendars, and hosting virtual meetings. The outage impacted businesses and governments worldwide, causing delays in trading firms, hindering earnings publications, and prompting airlines to warn customers of communication lags. Healthmail, which handles prescriptions and GP and pharmacist services, was also affected. The disruption was particularly severe in Ireland and the UK, where it began around 6pm on Thursday evening. Some organizations with Microsoft services on their own servers were less affected. This incident is one of the longest in Microsoft's history and the second disruption this year. The outage highlights the global reliance on a few major tech companies and the dependence on Microsoft's workplace software. Microsoft shares closed flat at $523.88, with the stock up around 8% this year.",
  "summary": "Microsoft has said that services have fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Microsoft blames failed server health checks—not hackers—for global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-blames-failed-server-health-checks-not-hackers-for-global",
        "published": "2026-11-13T15:26:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Computerworld",
        "title": "Microsoft 365 services slowly come back online after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-365-services-slowly-come-back-online-after-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-13T20:35:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "Microsoft services almost restored after 24 hours of outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-services-almost-restored-after-24-hours-of-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-14T05:45:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Microsoft says all Microsoft 365 products are operational, ending an outage that disrupted governments, traders, hospitals, and businesses around the world (Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-all-microsoft-365-products-are-operational-ending-an",
        "published": "2026-11-14T08:03:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}