Microsoft outage reactions: Global life disrupted as Outlook still down

Microsoft‘s major global outage really kicked off just as nine-to-five workers in the UK were logging off on Thursday. Unfortunately, the issue was not solved overnight.

Users worldwide, including in the UK, started reporting issues with Microsoft 365 enterprise software products including Outlook, Teams, and Copilot around 5:30 p.m. GMT on Nov. 12, according to Downdetector. At the time of writing, major Microsoft services are still unavailable as the company investigates the cause. However, the company says it’s “seeing early stabilisation” in its service.

Waking up to news of the continued outage on Friday, UK users hit social media to react to the news and touch grass like the rest of of the world or for serious information-sharing purposes.

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Schools and universities, NHS emergency services, pharmacies, GPs, and care services, transport, charities, businesses, museums, and government offices around the country have been affected by the outage. Surgical procedures have had to be rescheduled, per Bloomberg. The Metropolitan Police website currently says that “some online form submissions may be affected” due to the Microsoft outage.

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The Royal Mail, however, took a moment to be smug.

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Microsoft is regularly updating its official status page and social media channels, and Mashable is covering the story as it happens.

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