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  "id": 20010294,
  "title": "Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T16:23:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft announced on Saturday that its services had been fully restored following a widespread outage that disrupted Microsoft 365 apps such as Outlook, Teams, and the AI assistant Copilot. The company confirmed that it had completed efforts to resolve the underlying issue and had brought services back online for the remaining impacted customers and regions. Users in over 70 countries and territories reported disruptions to Microsoft 365 services, including email, video conferencing, and AI tools. Notable sectors affected included governments, courts, healthcare services, businesses, airlines, and banks. Governments from Japan, Singapore, and Australia reported that the outage impacted their operations, while the British government cited delays in a court trial and issues with online crime report submissions. The outage also disrupted police and healthcare services in the U.S. and caused delays in prescription processing for the National Health Service in Britain. Microsoft stressed that the incident was not related to cyber or artificial intelligence agents, but rather an issue stemming from a network capacity upgrade following a recent network change. The company assured that there was no indication the disruptions were caused by malicious activity. The outage underscored the global dependence on Microsoft's digital infrastructure and highlighted the need for greater resilience in IT ecosystems.",
  "summary": "The outage affected governments, courts, healthcare services, businesses, airlines and banks in many places. Governments including those of Japan, Singapore and Australia reported that the hourslong episode had impacted some of their operations.",
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "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"
      },
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        "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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        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Microsoft services fully restored after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-14T11:16:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Microsoft says global outage fully resolved after disrupting services in over 70 countries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-global-outage-fully-resolved-after-disrupting-services",
        "published": "2026-11-14T12:04:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Microsoft services fully restored after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-14T12:11:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage-20012139",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:11:28.000Z"
      }
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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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