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Microsoft outage: company scrambles to fix global issue that took down Outlook and Teams
UK NewsBusinessTechnology•November 13, 2026 at 5:41 PMNational

Microsoft outage: company scrambles to fix global issue that took down Outlook and Teams

By Mark Sweney, Josh Taylor, Aisha Down, Emma Elsworthy and Lauren Aratani•The Guardian - UK News

Tech firm says it is ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption that took services down and has now addressed the underlying issueWhat caused the outage and when will it be fixed?Microsoft outage hits UK hospitals, GPs, schools and policeTell us: have you been affected by the outage?Microsoft has said it is “deeply sorry” for a widespread outage that caused disruption to millions of users, organisations and businesses across the globe – and that it has “addressed the underlying issue”.The company said the outage was a “technical issue” not related to cyber-attacks or AI agents, and that it continued to gradually restore services. Continue reading...

Tech firm says it is ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption that took services down and has now addressed the underlying issue

Microsoft has said it is “deeply sorry” for a widespread outage that caused disruption to millions of users, organisations and businesses across the globe – and that it has “addressed the underlying issue”.

The company said the outage was a “technical issue” not related to cyber-attacks or AI agents, and that it continued to gradually restore services.

Continue reading...