Microsoft experiences global outages

REDMOND, Wash. -UPDATE 8:05: Microsoft is beginning to restore some of it's disrupted services following the widespread global outage starting yesterday, November 12 that disrupted its flagship Microsoft 365 cloud services for millions of users.

The disruption crippled core workplace applications—including Outlook, Teams, Exchange Online, OneDrive, and SharePoint—where widespread connectivity failures prevented users from sending emails, joining meetings, or accessing files.

The service blackout, spanning at least 74 countries and territories, triggered thousands of outage reports per minute on Downdetector. As the failure unfolded, government agencies, courts, banks, airlines, and major financial exchanges like Euronext experienced significant communication delays and operational slowdowns.

“Our engineering teams are actively rerouting traffic across our global infrastructure to restore normal service availability,” Microsoft stated on its official status portal. “We are seeing steady progress as affected servers come back online and system loads stabilize.”

Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive cloud-based productivity suite that serves as the primary digital workspace for businesses, schools, and governments worldwide. Across the globe, hundreds of millions of commercial users rely on the platform daily to power essential communications and enterprise operations.