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Some court proceedings were delayed, and health services in Britain faced interruptions to routine communications. Microsoft told AP it had found no indication of malicious activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft said it restored services in stages while checking stability and planned to issue a full incident report, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/live\/outlook-outage-nov-2026\">TechRadar\u2019s coverage of the company\u2019s updates<\/a>. Customers who still see errors can check <a href=\"https:\/\/status.cloud.microsoft\/\">Microsoft\u2019s service health page<\/a> or ask their organization\u2019s IT team to check the Microsoft 365 admin center for tenant-specific information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft said Saturday it had restored service to the remaining customers and regions affected by a widespread outage that disrupted Outlook and other online services, The Associated Press reported. 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