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Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email

Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and Copilot went dark for thousands of U.S. users on Thursday afternoon.

By · Published November 12, 2026  21:37 UTC · Updated November 13, 2026  00:27 UTC

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🇬🇧 English Nov 12, 20:24 UTC
🇩🇪 German Nov 12, 21:01 UTC · heise online

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  • Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage exploded across 7 distinct news outlets with 7 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 23.
  • Primary Driver: Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and Copilot went dark for thousands of U.S. users on Thursday afternoon.
  • Predictive Outlook: Archynetys algorithmic models forecast this story will fade from trending status over the next 24 hours.
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Downdetector showed a sharp spike in outage reports for Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams and Copilot beginning around 20:00 UTC on Nov. 12, with the heaviest impact concentrated in the United States. Microsoft acknowledged "issues" affecting Teams and email and pointed to elevated infrastructure load across multiple regions as a contributing factor.

Reuters, USA Today, Mashable, Variety, SFGATE, Fox Business and ABC News all published breaking reports within minutes of the first Downdetector alerts. Fox Business added the detail about multi-region connectivity strain, while the other outlets focused on user-facing disruption and the breadth of affected apps.

Microsoft has not yet provided an estimated time for full restoration. The next updates will come from the Microsoft 365 admin center status page and any follow-up statements on the root cause of the infrastructure load.

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The obvious questions

Which Microsoft services are affected?

Outlook, Teams, Copilot and the broader Microsoft 365 suite are all reported as impacted.

Where is the outage most severe?

Downdetector data shows the highest volume of reports from users in the United States.

Has Microsoft given a timeline for a fix?

No estimated restoration time has been published; the company says it is investigating.

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