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Microsoft’s global outage may be worse than Amazon's or CrowdStrike's, expert says

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Based on a feed excerpt; full article content has not been acquired. Source evidence retrieved 13/11/2026, 15:43:24 UTC.

Briefings

A global outage affecting Microsoft 365 services began midday Thursday and remains ongoing Friday morning, impacting email, cloud, and AI services. Microsoft extended email timeouts to 48 hours to preserve delayed mail during the extended disruptions. Recovery actions are ongoing as confirmed by the Microsoft 365 Status account on X.

Key points

• A global outage affecting Microsoft 365 services began midday Thursday and remains ongoing Friday morning, impacting email, cloud, and AI services.
• Microsoft extended email timeouts to 48 hours to preserve delayed mail during the extended disruptions.

Context

A global outage affecting Microsoft 365 services began midday Thursday and remains ongoing Friday morning, impacting email, cloud, and AI services. Microsoft extended email timeouts to 48 hours to preserve delayed mail during the extended disruptions.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single article published on 2026-11-13. The outage started midday Thursday and is ongoing Friday morning; specific start times are not provided. Recovery actions are ongoing as confirmed by the Microsoft 365 Status account on X, but no specific timeline for full resolution is given.

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