Microsoft had a massive global outage on November 13, 2026, knocking out Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and Office web services for more than 14 hours.
The issue came from servers failing automated health checks, which put extra pressure on the rest of the system and made recovery slow, even with quick response efforts.
Microsoft AI coding reliance questioned
This glitch has people talking about how much Microsoft leans on artificial intelligence for building software:
In April last year, Satya Nadella said "as much as 30% of the code within the company was being written by AI already.", and that the share was increasing steadily.
The incident also comes amid recent layoffs and a voluntary exit program, making some wonder if fewer humans mean more risk when things go wrong.
It's a reminder that even with smart tech, human oversight still matters.