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Microsoft Outlook outage impacts governments, courts, hospitals and universities

Published

14 November 2026

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technology

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Enterprise Software

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United States

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Fusion42 · 14 November 2026 · Fusion42 review

A global Microsoft Outlook outage disrupted critical email and online services across governments, courts, hospitals, and universities in the US, UK, and Canada, causing operational delays and partial service restoration as recovery efforts continue.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Enterprise Software, and 56 sources have reported it between 12 Nov 2026 and 14 Nov 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Critical public sector and healthcare organisations are vulnerable to cloud provider outages. You must plan immediate failover options beyond Microsoft 365 to keep essential communications live.

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56 sources · first reported 12 Nov 2026 · latest 14 Nov 2026

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