Global Microsoft outage hits NZ, with Outlook, Teams and other services affected
The global outage is impacting apps such as Outlook, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams and OneDrive.
Covered by 17 sources from 5 countries. First reported by RNZ ·
Headlines compared
Common ground: most headlines mention “outage”, “Microsoft” and “Outlook”.
Different angles:
- NBC News “stretch into the night”
- ABC News Australia “platforms including”
- WIRED “Leaves People”
- CNBC “AWS and Google”
2 of 17 headlines quote someone directly.
How 17 newspapers cover this story
Global outage hits Microsoft's Outlook
More than 100,000 users worldwide are struggling to access their email inboxes as Microsoft battles to fix an Outlook outage.
- TechCrunchUnited States
Microsoft’s Outlook email hit by new outage
Microsoft hasn't yet given a cause for the outage, which is affecting Outlook email users.
Global Microsoft outage hits NZ, with Outlook, Teams and other services affected
The global outage is impacting apps such as Outlook, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams and OneDrive.
· Police operations impacted as global Microsoft outage hits thousands in NZ
Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps
· Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAI
Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and email
Microsoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams.
Microsoft email and Teams outages stretch into the night
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.
· Widespread outage hits Microsoft platforms including Outlook, thousands report issues
· Widespread outage of Microsoft apps used by hundreds of millions
- The Globe and MailCanada
Microsoft apps hit by widespread outage
More than 120,000 users reported problems accessing Outlook and other apps run by the tech giant
· Experts warn of depending on single provider in light of Microsoft outage
Breaking: Microsoft platforms, including Outlook, suffering widespread outages
A widespread outage has hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps.
· Live: Microsoft 'aggressively pursuing' solution to major global outage
Major Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves People With Email Jobs Unable to Email
Microsoft says its systems are experiencing “elevated loads” as the company races to end an outage impacting its business and enterprise customers.
Is Outlook down? Microsoft outage impacts emails for users worldwide LIVE
Microsoft users have reported being unable to send or receive emails on Outlook, while others are struggling to load their inboxes altogether
Microsoft hit by widespread outage
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook overnight, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.
· Microsoft outage cuts Queensland Health from emails, Teams
Microsoft hit by widespread outage
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook overnight, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.
· Microsoft outage cuts Queensland Health from emails, Teams
Microsoft outage hits Outlook. AWS and Google users also report issues
Amazon Web Services and Google users also reported outages on Thursday
Microsoft ‘restarting’ as outage impacts global users, with Outlook and Teams affected
An alert on Microsoft’s site said it was ‘aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact’ and blamed a server issue Microsoft says it is “aggressively pursuing all pathways” after users reported issues accessing its 365 suite of programs, including Outlook and Teams. Outage website Down Detector showed a spike in…
· Microsoft outage live: Outlook and Teams failures impact government agencies, schools and businesses
Outlook, Teams and More Microsoft Programs Disrupted by Outage
The company said that some of its servers were unexpectedly unavailable, straining the remaining infrastructure, and that it was working to bring users back online.
Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft email and other apps
A widespread outage has hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts.
ASIO, AFP caught in global Microsoft outage
Australian law enforcement agencies and schools were unable to send emails on Friday after a Microsoft outage knocked the services offline.
Coverage details
17 outlets from 5 countries are covering this story: RNZ, TechCrunch, Stuff, The Independent and 13 more. RNZ published it first, on November 12, 2026; the last outlet to join was The Australian Financial Review, 9 hours later.
Key names in the coverage: Microsoft, Outlook, Teams, Queensland Health and Triple Zero.
By country: United States (7), Australia (4), United Kingdom (3), New Zealand (2), Canada (1). In total 29 articles have been published, because some outlets updated the story several times.
