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Microsoft's 24-Hour Outage Disrupts Global Services
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Fusion42 · 15 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
Microsoft experienced a global outage lasting over 24 hours affecting Outlook, Teams, and Exchange Online, disrupting email, scheduling, and video conferencing services worldwide. The outage impacted financial firms, stock exchanges, healthcare services, and companies using linked AI features, caused by a technical glitch during network capacity expansion and unrelated to cyberattacks.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure and Enterprise Software, and 56 sources have reported it between 12 Nov 2026 and 15 Nov 2026.
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Your reliance on Microsoft’s cloud email and collaboration tools just encountered a significant vulnerability. Prepare to explore backup communication routes or diversify cloud dependencies this week to avoid a halt like this.
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56 sources · first reported 12 Nov 2026 · latest 15 Nov 2026
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