OT: Microsoft Outlook Outage Nov. 12

Knight Shift · 2026-11-12T12:37:33-0600

Anybody else impacted? Our office is locked out.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/11/12/microsoft-down-outlook-365-outage-reports/92744582007/

Caliknight · 2026-11-12T12:38:23-0600

Down everywhere.

mdk02 · 2026-11-12T13:16:22-0600

Knight Shift said:
Anybody else impacted? Our office is locked out.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech...n-outlook-365-outage-reports/92744582007/[/UR

For sure

bigmatt718 · 2026-11-12T13:22:11-0600

I got bupkis. Come back to the office from lunch to a thunderstorm in South Jersey and no Outlook lol.

RobertG · 2026-11-12T13:25:06-0600

Happy Days!

iReC89 · 2026-11-12T13:37:01-0600

nobody is asking to have this fixed lol.
Outage also affects teams, copilot, defender and sharepoint. The admin portal is not so hot now either.

They are still picking their noses on this one.

Nov 12, 2026, 2:18 PM EST
We've determined that the elevated load isn't driven by an overall increase in traffic, but by a large number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable, which is shifting load onto the remaining infrastructure. We're investigating what's causing these servers to become unavailable while we work to safely return them to service.

DJ Spanky · 2026-11-12T13:49:57-0600

Same here, we're locked out.

RutgersClassof2004 · 2026-11-12T13:50:36-0600

down for hours

bigmatt718 · 2026-11-12T13:57:35-0600

If only I was 50 in a manager job with an office, I would go on a "conference call" and break out the Knob Creek or Ocho Reposado, but alas, I'm only 40 in senior associate in a cubicle and that's a bit more frowned upon on the floor lol.

Knight Shift · 2026-11-12T14:20:25-0600

iReC89 said:
nobody is asking to have this fixed lol.
Outage also affects teams, copilot, defender and sharepoint. The admin portal is not so hot now either.

They are still picking their noses on this one.

Nov 12, 2026, 2:18 PM EST
We've determined that the elevated load isn't driven by an overall increase in traffic, but by a large number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable, which is shifting load onto the remaining infrastructure. We're investigating what's causing these servers to become unavailable while we work to safely return them to service.

Just outlook for us.

Caliknight · 2026-11-12T14:24:05-0600

Teams still works. Microsoft with no timeline on when this will be fixed. Our new reality.

bigmatt718 · 2026-11-12T14:24:40-0600

Knight Shift said:
Just outlook for us.

Yeah Teams works fine at my office.

Rutgers Chris · 2026-11-12T14:25:38-0600

Did anyone try unplugging it and plugging it back in?

bigmatt718 · 2026-11-12T14:27:38-0600

Rutgers Chris said:
Did anyone try unplugging it and plugging it back in?

Lmaoooo that was like the South Park episode where the Internet went down globally.

Knight Shift · 2026-11-12T14:28:53-0600

Rutgers Chris said:
Did anyone try unplugging it and plugging it back in?

iReC89 · 2026-11-12T15:29:30-0600

This appears to be a self-inflicted wound by Microsoft and not sabotage by someone like Iran

“was triggered by a malfunction in an internal component responsible for running automated server health checks.”

Knight Shift · 2026-11-12T15:39:29-0600

iReC89 said:
This appears to be a self-inflicted wound by Microsoft and not sabotage by someone like Iran

“was triggered by a malfunction in an internal component responsible for running automated server health checks.”

Sounds like Johnny from Airplane! in the GIF above.
Someone is getting demoted and/or fired at Microsoft
It's kind of nice to get a break from the usual barrage of e-mails and spam.

Got this from AI search:

"The Microsoft email outage affecting Outlook access was primarily caused by a core authentication configuration issue that impacted multiple Microsoft 365 services. This led to difficulties in logging in, sending, and receiving emails for many users."

ClassOf02v.2 · 2026-11-12T15:45:16-0600

Bad week for big tech. First Nvidia, now this….

bac2therac · 2026-11-12T15:45:45-0600

Knight Shift said:
Anybody else impacted? Our office is locked out.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/11/12/microsoft-down-outlook-365-outage-reports/92744582007/

You were warned to start stocking supplies
.did you?

Knight Shift · 2026-11-12T15:46:56-0600

bac2therac said:
You were warned to start stocking supplies
.did you?

One bay of our garage is full of canned sardines. We are good.

DJ Spanky · 2026-11-12T16:13:03-0600

National Productivity Skyrockets After Microsoft Teams Goes Down

Thousands of corporate meetings were canceled due to the outage, leading to an unprecedented spike in employee performance.

"It's been years since I was able to come to work and actually do my job," said local man Brian Mercer. "I've had a dozen projects piling up since last spring, which all get changed every time there's another meeting. All it took was one day without any input, and they're all done."

RU Cheese · 2026-11-12T16:17:42-0600

Maybe MSFT is responsible for our defensive outage the last 2 years lolololololol

bac2therac · 2026-11-12T16:36:30-0600

Knight Shift said:
One bay of our garage is full of canned sardines. We are good.

I have 20 cans of bumble bee tuna

MADHAT1 · 2026-11-12T18:06:44-0600

Knight Shift said:
One bay of our garage is full of canned sardines. We are good.

Now that's the right Outlook

-RUFAN4LIFE- · 2026-11-12T19:10:09-0600

bigmatt718 said:
If only I was 50 in a manager job with an office, I would go on a "conference call" and break out the Knob Creek or Ocho Reposado, but alas, I'm only 40 in senior associate in a cubicle and that's a bit more frowned upon on the floor lol.

No one knows if you're using a Stanley or Yeti like travel mug.

NiTeKnight · 2026-11-13T04:00:50-0600

Outlook web is still down on my PC.
Do I have to restart the computer?

ScarletDave · 2026-11-13T04:30:09-0600

Yes still locked out this morning. The rutgers.edu domain runs on Outlook so any RU system will also be down. I am part of the alumni association and can’t access our email!

Knight Shift · 2026-11-13T05:39:09-0600

RCBeta · 2026-11-13T06:16:16-0600

The Microsoft solution will likely recommend self-help online to reinstall Outlook....check your email for the weblink and Online Tech courses...Hahaha.
It is virtually impossible to find a human support person at Microsoft and many other companies.

mdk02 · 2026-11-13T09:52:18-0600

KNOCK ON WOOD!! I got mine back

LotusAggressor_rivals · 2026-11-13T09:54:39-0600

Rutgers Chris said:
Did anyone try unplugging it and plugging it back in?

They should have given the hamster on the wheel more water.

AnonAmoose26 · 2026-11-13T09:59:50-0600

RCBeta said:
The Microsoft solution will likely recommend self-help online to reinstall Outlook....check your email for the weblink and Online Tech courses...Hahaha.
It is virtually impossible to find a human support person at Microsoft and many other companies.

Microsoft just bought out / laid off 60,000 employees due to AI. You're never going to speak to, email, or chat online with a human at MS.

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