Current Status
Microsoft 365 services are recovering from the outage that began on November 12. Some users may still see intermittent access issues or delayed email. See Recent Incidents below for details.
For more information, see the Microsoft 365 service status page.
Last updated: November 13, 2026
Recent Incidents
Microsoft 365 Outage: November 12–13, 2026
Status: Recovering. Microsoft has not yet declared the incident resolved.
What happened: Starting around 10:17 AM Central on Thursday, November 12, a Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Exchange Online email, then spread to Teams, SharePoint, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services worldwide. The problem was on Microsoft’s side.
Cause: Microsoft says a number of its servers lost capacity when a process that sets up secure connections became overwhelmed. Microsoft has found no sign of a cyberattack and has not yet published a final root cause.
Recovery: Microsoft restarted the affected servers and rerouted traffic. Most service has returned, though some users may still see intermittent access issues or delayed email. Microsoft extended its email timeout window to 48 hours so delayed messages don’t expire while processing catches up.
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