Microsoft confirms global outage resolved, rules out cyberattack

Reports, in time order

1. Financial Times·13 November 2026, 06:03 UTC
   Microsoft races to restore services after global outage (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)
2. Al Jazeera English·13 November 2026, 09:30 UTC
   Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why? (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)
3. Variety·13 November 2026, 11:52 UTC
   Microsoft Says ‘No Evidence of Malicious Activity’ in Global Outage of Outlook and Exchange Email (opens Variety's report in a new tab)
4. The Guardian·13 November 2026, 12:16 UTC
   First Thing: Global Microsoft outage chaos as tech firm says there are ‘signs of stabilisation’ (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)
5. TechCrunch·13 November 2026, 13:15 UTC
   Microsoft’s latest email outage turned into a full blown global cloud crisis (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)
6. Ars Technica·13 November 2026, 15:26 UTC
   Microsoft’s global outage may be worse than Amazon's or CrowdStrike's, expert says (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)
7. Deadline·13 November 2026, 19:49 UTC
   Microsoft “Deeply Sorry” About Global Outlook Outage; Insists Disruption Caused By “Network Capacity Upgrade” (opens Deadline's report in a new tab)
8. BBC·13 November 2026, 20:49 UTC
   Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage after almost 24 hours of disruption (opens BBC's report in a new tab)
9. Cointelegraph·14 November 2026, 10:34 UTC
   Microsoft confirms global outage resolved, rules out cyberattack (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)
10. Inc.·14 November 2026, 15:29 UTC
    Microsoft Upgraded Its Network. Then Came the Global Outage (opens Inc.'s report in a new tab)