Microsoft Shares Fall 2.77% as Global Outage Expands to 74 Countries
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Microsoft shares fell 2.77% in pre-market trading as the global technical outage expanded to affect services in 74 countries. MarketWatch reported that the disruptions spread to include Teams and Copilot, impacting the Philippine Supreme Court, while reports confirmed there is no evidence of cyberattacks.
Microsoft was trading at $508.51 on November 13, 2026, following a close of $523 on November 12, 2026. The company is struggling to stabilize Azure and Outlook services after previously restored servers became unresponsive due to user traffic, while peers Apple and Meta both closed at $523.00 on November 12.
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Update: The disruption to Outlook and Exchange Online services has persisted for nearly 19 consecutive hours as of November 13, 2026. Microsoft continues to struggle with stabilizing these core services as system failures remain widespread across dozens of countries.
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Update: The list of services affected by the global outage has expanded to include the Teams platform and the Copilot AI assistant. Downdetector data indicated that these additional disruptions increased the scope of technical challenges facing Microsoft on November 13, 2026.
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Update: Microsoft shares fell 3% in extended trading as the service outage lasted for more than 12 hours. The company received approximately 200,000 user reports regarding the disruptions, while reports confirmed the deployment of a patch and ruled out a cyberattack.
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Update: Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna stated on November 13, 2026, that there is no indication of cyber activity behind the disruptions. Lamanna noted that the outages have extended to include Teams and Copilot services, while also impacting international government agencies.