Microsoft 365 Services l Microsoft Outage

Update timeline

1. monitoring Nov 12, 2026, 06:21 PM UTC

   Northeastern IT teams are monitoring reports of the university community ability to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services, related to Microsoft's confirmed outage of Outlook and Exchange on all platforms. Microsoft is sharing updates on the Microsoft 365 Service Health status page and on X from Microsoft 365 Status. Northeastern IT teams are monitoring updates from Microsoft.

2. monitoring Nov 12, 2026, 06:36 PM UTC

   Microsoft is experiencing a global outage of Outlook and Exchange on all platforms, which is affecting the Northeastern community's ability to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services. Impacted services include: - Outlook email and calendar - Microsoft Teams - SharePoint Online - Microsoft Copilot 365 - Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft is sharing updates on the Microsoft 365 Service Health status page and on X from Microsoft 365 Status. Northeastern IT teams are monitoring updates from Microsoft.

3. monitoring Nov 12, 2026, 06:46 PM UTC

   Northeastern IT teams continue to monitor the effects of the Microsoft outages to the Northeastern community. Impacts include Outlook's email and calendar, Teams' chat, call, and meeting, SharePoint's sites and files, OneDrive's sites and files, and Copilot Chat. Microsoft Defender is also affected and causing links shared via Teams and Outlook to not load. For updates, visit the Microsoft 365 Service Health status page or see posts on X from Microsoft 365 Status.

4. monitoring Nov 12, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC

   Microsoft is troubleshooting the issues affecting functionality with email, calendar, chat, calling, meetings, Copilot chat, and SharePoint sites. They're working to resolve as quickly as possible, and IT teams are following updates and will share to IT StatusPage when available. Microsoft is also sharing updates on the Microsoft 365 Service Health status page and on X from Microsoft 365 Status.

5. monitoring Nov 12, 2026, 07:28 PM UTC

   Microsoft continues to work towards resolving and minimizing impacts as quickly as possible, and is sharing updates on the Microsoft 365 Service Health status page and on X from Microsoft 365 Status.