Global Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams for UAE users
Residents and businesses across the UAE struggled to send emails, access mailboxes and retrieve documents as a global Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and other services.
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Residents and businesses across the UAE struggled to send emails, access mailboxes and retrieve documents as a global Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and other services. Disruptions to Microsoft services such as Outlook and Teams began on Thursday as the company struggled to resolve server problems, affecting businesses and government agencies worldwide. Schools and universities were also affected, with some warning parents of email delays. The outage also affected connectors used by OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI services. Microsoft said servers were being restored gradually.
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Reported by: Khaleej Times 13 Nov 2026 Read the original ↗ More from Khaleej Times →
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