Is Outlook down? Possible Microsoft outage locks down email inboxes.

Incident still open, awaiting updateminorMonitoring signalFirst recorded update 12-11-2026 21:43

On Thursday, Nov. 12, Outlook users reported a Microsoft outage that prevented them from checking their emails. Here's what we know.

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12-11-2026 22:23
Is Outlook down? Possible Microsoft outage locks down email inboxes.
On Thursday, Nov. 12, Outlook users reported a Microsoft outage that prevented them from checking their emails. Here's what we know.
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