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A major global Microsoft 365 outage struck in November 2026, disrupting Outlook, Teams, and Copilot across 70+ countries — with Microsoft's own fix attempts failing 'as expected.' Simultaneously, Microsoft reclaimed a $4 trillion market valuation while announcing buyouts for 60,000 workers. The infrastructure dependency runs so deep that OpenAI and Anthropic both reported knock-on disruptions. Government and intelligence agencies across India, Japan, and Australia confirmed operational impacts.
Evidence
- Per AP News and BBC reporting (November 13, 2026), a prolonged Microsoft 365 outage peaked at nearly 140,000 Downdetector reports around 18:00 GMT on Thursday, affecting Exchange Online, Outlook, Teams, and the AI assistant Copilot.
- Japan's government shared IT platform was disrupted; Australia's spy agencies and federal police reported email systems down; an Indian brokerage executive described the 'challenge' of contacting clients entirely via Microsoft-dependent channels.
- This cascading effect extended beyond Microsoft's own users — OpenAI and Anthropic both reported service disruptions as a result of shared infrastructure dependency.