Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Technology › Microsoft users report outages amid tech giant...
Technology

Microsoft users report outages amid tech giant 'connectivity issues'

Microsoft users report outages amid tech giant 'connectivity issues'
BBC News Thursday 12 November 2026, 20:25 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

Users worldwide report issues after tech giant says its infrastructure has been hit by "elevated load"

Users worldwide report issues after tech giant says its infrastructure has been hit by "elevated load"
Microsoft (ORG)
Originally published by BBC News Read original →

Related Stories

Microsoft ‘restarting’ as outage impacts global users, with Outlook and Teams affected

An alert on Microsoft’s site said it was ‘aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact’ and blamed a server issueMicrosoft says it is “aggressively pursuing all pathways” after users reported issues accessing its 365 suite of programs, including Outlook and Teams. Outage website Down Detector showed a spike in Microsoft 365 problems, with nearly 130,000 reports of issues affecting access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams as well as enterprise services such as SharePoint...

The Guardian World 3m ago

Microsoft outage hits Outlook. AWS and Google users also report issues

Microsoft suffered a widespread outage on Thursday that impacted thousands of users in North America, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. The outage began shortly before 1 p.m. and affected services like Outlook, Teams and 365. Amazon Web Services and Google users also reported outages on the site.

CNBC 6m ago

Jensen Huang’s downfall has investors betting on his cousin’s chipmaker instead

Jensen Huang’s downfall has investors betting on his cousin’s chipmaker instead SAN FRANCISCO — Advanced Micro Devices, the primary competitor to Nvidia when it comes to designing chips for the artificial intelligence industry, has seen its shares rise more than 30 percent in recent days as investors bet that it would benefit from the struggles of now-ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The two companies are linked by more than business: AMD CEO Lisa Su is a first cousin of Jensen Huang. Both...

Washington Post Tech 14m ago

Is Outlook down? Microsoft outage impacts emails for users worldwide LIVE

Microsoft outage impacts emails for users worldwide LIVE Microsoft users have reported being unable to send or receive emails on Outlook, while others are struggling to load their inboxes altogether A major outage has hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, leaving thousands of users struggling to access their emails and other services. Users began reporting problems with Outlook on outage tracker Downdetector shortly after 6pm. In the US, almost 130,000 people were affected.

Daily Mirror 19m ago