Microsoft Down

Microsoft Down is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 11, 15:59 UTC, we have counted 12 threads about it in 5 communities, led by r/technology, r/news and r/worldnews. Combined, those threads hold roughly 23.3K upvotes and 3.3K comments so far.

What the sources report

Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.

• Deadline: Microsoft Outlook Goes Down, Paralyzing Business CommunicationMicrosoft said it is investigating reports of widespread outages affecting Outlook email and other services connected with its 365 platform.
• ABC News: Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and emailMicrosoft is reporting "issues" with users accessing Outlook and Teams.
• Variety: Outlook Outage: Microsoft’s Email Service Goes Down NationwideMicrosoft's Outlook email service suffered a massive outage Thursday, affecting users across North America and potentially other regions.
• Global News: Microsoft 365 outage continues globally as company says no fix yet - National | Globalnews.caMore than a hundred thousand users are reporting issues with Microsoft systems as the company says it is working to address the problems being seen around the world.
• BleepingComputer: Microsoft November 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,235 flaws, Outlook zero-dayToday is Microsoft's November 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates addressing a record-breaking 1,235 flaws, including one actively exploited Microsoft Outlook zero-day vulnerability.

Where Reddit is talking about it

The biggest threads

1. Massive outage strikes Microsoft, Google, AWS, Starlinkr/technology · 11,948 upvotes · 1,332 comments · Nov 12, 19:14 UTC · downdetector.com
2. A Microsoft 365 outage is hitting users in regions around the world - National | Globalnews.car/news · 6,103 upvotes · 810 comments · Nov 12, 19:23 UTC · globalnews.ca
3. Microsoft Outlook Goes Down, Paralyzing Business Communicationr/technology · 1,756 upvotes · 436 comments · Nov 12, 18:55 UTC · Deadline
4. Global outage hits Microsoft's Outlookr/technology · 1,530 upvotes · 335 comments · Nov 12, 19:00 UTC · rnz.co.nz
5. Outlook outage: Microsoft reports 'issues' with Teams and emailr/news · 535 upvotes · 55 comments · Nov 12, 19:58 UTC · ABC News
6. Outlook Outage: Microsoft's Email Service Goes Down Nationwider/wallstreetbets · 301 upvotes · 85 comments · Nov 12, 19:16 UTC · Variety
7. A Microsoft 365 outage is hitting users in regions around the worldr/worldnews · 250 upvotes · 95 comments · Nov 12, 19:15 UTC · globalnews.ca
8. Microsoft confirms Outlook outage affecting users worldwider/worldnews · 281 upvotes · 47 comments · Nov 12, 19:50 UTC · dallasnews.com
9. Thousands of users reporting issues with Microsoft Outlook, 365r/worldnews · 232 upvotes · 65 comments · Nov 12, 18:45 UTC · usatoday.com
10. Microsoft patches actively exploited Outlook zero-dayr/cybersecurity · 248 upvotes · 10 comments · Nov 11, 15:59 UTC · BleepingComputer

Timeline on Reddit

1. Nov 11, 15:59 UTCFirst thread we found, in r/cybersecurity: “Microsoft patches actively exploited Outlook zero-day”
2. Nov 12, 18:45 UTCThe story reaches r/worldnews: “Thousands of users reporting issues with Microsoft Outlook, 365”
3. Nov 12, 18:55 UTCThe story reaches r/technology: “Microsoft Outlook Goes Down, Paralyzing Business Communication”
4. Nov 12, 19:14 UTCThe biggest thread so far is posted in r/technology (11,948 upvotes, 1,332 comments by our last count).
5. Nov 12, 19:16 UTCThe story reaches r/wallstreetbets: “Outlook Outage: Microsoft's Email Service Goes Down Nationwide”
6. Nov 12, 19:23 UTCThe story reaches r/news: “A Microsoft 365 outage is hitting users in regions around the world - National | Globalnews.ca”
7. Nov 12, 23:37 UTCLatest thread in our sample, in r/technology.

How this page is made

SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.