Microsoft outage hits companies and governments worldwide as it struggles to restore services

Techxplore - Nov 13, 2026

From Asia to the U.S., Microsoft's outage involving services like Outlook and Teams has dragged on for hours and impacted many users, companies and some government operations as the technology giant struggled to fix the issue.

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