Microsoft struggles to restore services as global outage continues into second day
Microsoft continues working to restore Microsoft 365 services as a global outage caused by server load issues stretches into a second day.
Engineers at Microsoft continue working to resolve a widespread disruption affecting Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Teams, and Word, for a second day. The technical failure has impacted users across at least 74 countries and territories, causing significant downtime for businesses, government institutions, and connected artificial intelligence tools.
Microsoft reported that the issue stems from a process establishing secure connections becoming overwhelmed under high infrastructure loads, causing servers to become unresponsive as traffic returns. The company confirmed that there is no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious activity behind the failure. While engineers are deploying configuration changes and restarting affected infrastructure to stabilize system capacity, Microsoft warned that full restoration could take time.
Sources: The Guardian, STV News, Cyprus Mail, BBC News, France24
Sources
- The Guardian — Microsoft outage live: Microsoft prioritising ‘life, safety and government services’ as global outage wreaks havoc for Outlook users
- STV News — Microsoft outages continue as tech giant works to restore services
- France24 — Microsoft struggles to repair global Outlook outage, says no sign of 'malicious activity'
- Cyprus Mail — Global Microsoft outage stretches into second day
- BBC News — What we know about the global Microsoft outage
Earlier coverage
- Nov 13, 2026, 01:30 PM UTCMicrosoft struggles to fully restore 365 services after global network failure
- Nov 13, 2026, 12:30 PM UTCMicrosoft struggles to restore 365 services as global outage continues
- Nov 13, 2026, 08:00 AM UTCMicrosoft works to resolve global outage affecting Outlook and Teams