Live: Microsoft struggles to restore services as outage hits global users

Al Jazeera Friday 13 November 2026, 11:18 UTC 1 min read

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Live updatesLive updates, Live: Microsoft struggles to restore services as outage hits global users As global outage affects users worldwide, Microsoft admits fixes are not going ‘as expected’. Published On 13 Nov 2026 - Microsoft is dealing with a major outage affecting services like Outlook and Teams.

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What the Microsoft Outlook outage reveals about risks, limitations and gaps in communication "Modern society has become highly dependent on a small number of major cloud and technology providers," says one expert. The global Microsoft Outlook outage on Friday (Nov 13) highlighted the risks that can arise when many organisations depend on the same technology providers for critical functions, experts said. Professor Boh Wai Fong from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) said companies have...

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