# Here’s what to know about the Microsoft outages — and what may have caused them

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/heres-what-to-know-about-the-microsoft-outages-and-what-may-have-caused-them/
- Published: 2026-11-13T14:52:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T15:26:09+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/business/heres-what-to-know-about-the-microsoft-outages-and-what-may-have-caused-them/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Microsoft services were disrupted for a second day.
- Recovery was progressing across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
- The cause remains unclear; elevated system load may be involved.

## Summary

Microsoft’s major service outage entered its second day on Friday, disrupting Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services used by workers, government officials, hospitals and individuals. The company reported improving availability across several regions, while saying it was not aware of malicious activity; the precise cause remains unclear.

Microsoft said elevated load across infrastructure in multiple regions was likely contributing to connectivity errors, and that some users could still face intermittent access problems or delayed emails. It has more than 450 million paid commercial Microsoft 365 subscriptions, though the number affected by the outage is unknown. The disruption comes as Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, but the article provides no evidence linking the staffing changes to the outage.

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