Microsoft outage live updates: Outlook, Teams, Copilot hit across the world as boss says it does not appear to be a cyber attack

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Duell, M. (2026, November 13). Microsoft outage live updates: Outlook, Teams, Copilot hit across the world as boss says it does not appear to be a cyber attack. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16289497/Microsoft-outage-live-updates-Outlook-meltdown.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Microsoft is experiencing a global outage impacting several of its most popular services, including Outlook, Teams, and Copilot. The disruption has affected organizations such as the Japanese government's information infrastructure, the US House of Representatives, and Australian government agencies, while also causing a canceled bond repurchase agreement and delayed financial results. A Microsoft executive stated that the incident does not appear to be a cyber attack, marking the second major disruption to Microsoft 365 services this year. This live update piece tracks the unfolding situation as the company works to resolve the technical failures.

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Microsoft has insisted that the outages did not appear to be the result of a cyber attack Could this be AI? Microsoft has not yet revealed the root cause of the incident, but American AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic said they had both faced issues with Microsoft connectors. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, said: “We’re investigating an issue with Microsoft connectors where new connections may be broken and tools are not working as expected.

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Analyst says repeated disruptions could hurt Microsoft over time 07:26 Company cancels bond repurchase agreement transaction 07:26 Japan government's information system infrastructure affected 07:25 US House of Representatives confirms outage impact 07:25 Australia's spy agency and federal police impacted 07:19 Global impact of Microsoft outage 07:19

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An update will be provided in due course.'

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Follow the Daily Mail's coverage as Microsoft users experience disruption and the tech giant works to resolve outages impacting some of its most popular services:

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2026-11-13 · Daily Mail

Microsoft outage live updates: Outlook, Teams, Copilot hit across the world as boss says it does not appear to be a cyber attack · assertive framing

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Follow the Daily Mail's coverage as Microsoft users experience disruption and the tech giant works to resolve outages impacting some of its most popular services: asserted

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Services depending on Exchange Online and email are affected 07:28 asserted

Services → depend → Online

Airlines say email support services are being impacted 07:28 asserted

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Second disruption to Microsoft's 365 services this year 07:28 Microsoft outage impacts publication of financial results 07:27 asserted

outage → impact → results

agency → say → outage

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