Microsoft 365 and Azure services restored after network upgrade failure
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Microsoft
Global
November 14, 2026
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Microsoft 365 and Azure services, including Outlook and Teams, experienced a major outage. The disruption was caused by a network capacity upgrade, not a cyberattack. Services were restored by Saturday.
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