(AMES, IOWA) The Microsoft services outage that began on Nov. 12, 2026, is not like other internet outages. The failure affected the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity services, including the video conferencing and collaboration platform Teams, AI assistant Copilot and, significantly, the Outlook email service.
Microsoft reported on Nov. 13 that the company is “continuing to see improvements in service availability” but that “some users may still experience intermittent access issues or delayed email delivery.”
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