Microsoft services reportedly experienced widespread technical disruptions between Thursday, November 12, and Friday, November 13, affecting Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and Microsoft 365.

Outage monitoring platform Downdetector recorded reports from users in 74 countries and territories, with difficulties sending and receiving emails and accessing cloud services.

The disruption also affected businesses and government institutions across Europe, Asia and North America.

Microsoft reported progress in restoring services, although intermittent problems persisted. The company had not identified a definitive cause of the outage.