Microsoft says it's seeing "continued recovery progress" as it battles major worldwide outage
Updated on: November 13, 2026 / 7:15 PM EST / CBS/AP
TL;DR
- Microsoft experienced a global outage impacting services like Outlook, Teams, and Copilot for more than a day.
- The company stated the issue was technical, not a cyberattack, and was working on restoring services.
- Recovery progress was reported across various regions, but intermittent access issues and delayed emails persisted.
- The outage affected business and personal Microsoft 365 users in over 70 countries, with significant disruptions noted by companies and government agencies.
- Microsoft plans to publish a post-mortem analysis to prevent future similar outages.