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Microsoft's Outlook email hit by new outage
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Fusion42 · 12 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
Microsoft Outlook and several other Microsoft 365 services are experiencing a widespread outage affecting global users due to a large number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable. Microsoft is redistributing connection traffic and investigating the cause but has not provided a specific explanation yet.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Enterprise Software, and 13 sources have reported it between 12 Nov 2026 and 13 Nov 2026.
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Microsoft's global email and Office services outage reveals key points of failure in their server infrastructure. You must assess your dependency on Microsoft 365 and plan alternative communication channels before your service is disrupted.
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13 sources · first reported 12 Nov 2026 · latest 13 Nov 2026
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