‘Looks like we’ll have to talk to people’: Australia sent back to time before email with major Microsoft outage

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First recorded 13/11/2026, 05:12:55. Last recorded 13/11/2026, 06:44:03.

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  1. Recorded 13/11/2026, 05:12:55Source report

    ‘Looks like we’ll have to talk to people’: Australia sent back to time before email with major Microsoft outage ↗

    The Guardian · Jordyn Beazley, Josh Taylor, Adeshola Ore, Achol Arok and Josh Butler

    Government services and schools impacted by Outlook and Teams issue as company says fix not ‘taking as expected’ Microsoft outage – live updates Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams Australian schools, courts and government services have been hurled back in time to how business used to be done after a global Microsoft outage caused emails and online meetings to go dark. Australians began

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