A widespread Microsoft Outlook outage continued into Friday, November 13, after beginning the previous day. Microsoft was working to restore email and other Microsoft 365 services, including Teams and Copilot, according to Deutsche Welle.
The disruption was not limited to Outlook. Reports described problems across several Microsoft services, leaving users facing interruptions to email and collaboration tools. Microsoft attributed some of the issues to heavy demand on infrastructure in multiple regions.
Recovery efforts had encountered setbacks: some attempts to restore service did not work as expected. By Friday, however, Microsoft was reporting progress, including improved email delivery in part of the affected infrastructure, the Associated Press reported.
The service improvements did not mean the outage was fully over. Problems were still being reported on Friday, while Microsoft continued its work to restore affected services. The reports did not provide a precise count of users affected or specify how long full recovery would take.
The incident began on Thursday, November 12, and carried into the next day, disrupting multiple products under the Microsoft 365 umbrella. The available updates described recovery as ongoing rather than complete.
Reid Bentley