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Microsoft outage hits businesses worldwide; India feels impact

Microsoft outage hits businesses worldwide; India feels impact

What's behind this

During the Friday‑the‑13th outage that left Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft products dark for nearly 18 hours, corporate India shifted to Teams and WhatsApp while Outlook was unavailable, and many MSMEs reported hiccups. Some workers welcomed an inbox‑free day and an early weekend. Indian enterprises, exemplified by a Gurugram marketing professional whose workday halted, felt the heat of the disruption. Microsoft later reported progress in restoring services across more than 70 countries, noting improvements in Outlook and other apps but warning that some users might still experience intermittent issues.

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RSS excerpt

Disruption to Microsoft’s cloud-based email service affects business operations and airline customer support in India; public services in several countries also report problems

2 of the 118 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), all from the same agency.

Coverage arrived over 22 hours. First from Hindustan Times, latest from The Hindu.

High Corroboration 32 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by Hindustan Times at 18:19 UTC on 12 Nov.

Everything here arrived on one day, and nothing since.

Across 4 desks: business, india, tech, world.

All 32 newsrooms, and who owns them

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  17. The South First The South First

    Service stability improving, Microsoft says amid major outage affecting over 430 million people

    The more-than-12-hour outage has left millions worldwide without access to Outlook email, Teams meeting tools, and other staples of modern office life. Banks, governments and courts in multiple countries are affected. The post Service stability improving, Microsoft says amid major outage affecting…

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  25. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    Gmail to Proton Mail: 5 alternatives for users as Microsoft continues to battle Outlook and the Teams global outage

    A major disruption hit Microsoft on November 12, 2026, causing a global outage that affected services like Outlook and Teams. This left countless users and organizations struggling to connect via email and participate in crucial Teams meetings. In the wake of the Microsoft outage, users can explore…

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  35. Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    DH Evening Brief | Microsoft outage continues into second day, hitting services across globe; B'luru Metro crosses 100-km mark as PM Modi launches Pink Line

    ‘Not going as expected’: Microsoft outage continues to hit services across globe; IndiGo, Air India issue alerts Microsoft platforms were hit by widespread outage, including Outlook, with many users experiencing trouble using their email accounts from Thursday. Read more Bengaluru Metro crosses…

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  41. The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    Microsoft outage means no incessant email chimes or message pings, but still we stayed online

    BERLIN: It was the sound of e-silence. No Microsoft Outlook email chimes, no Teams message pings, no new notifications and, very possibly, no work getting done. Microsoft 365 teetered on the edge of becoming Microsoft 364 as the global outage stretched from Thursday into, ironically (or fittingly…

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  51. TFI Post TFI Post

    Microsoft outage drags into second day as engineers struggle to stabilise Outlook, Teams; governments, companies hit

    Microsoft said on Friday that it was seeing early signs of recovery from a major outage that has disrupted Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services for more than a day, after fixes it applied failed to work as intended. From Asia to the United States, the disruption affected users, companies…

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  63. The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Current article

    Microsoft outage hits businesses worldwide; India feels impact

    Disruption to Microsoft’s cloud-based email service affects business operations and airline customer support in India; public services in several countries also report problems

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Who did not run this

32 newsrooms ran this event. 7 others published in Business recently and did not.

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  • Livemint HT Media Ltd.
  • NDTV Adani Group (AMG Media)
  • The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd.
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Tribune The Tribune Trust

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