? **BREAKING: MAJOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK & OFFICE 365 OUTAGE AFFECTING WORKPLACE EMAIL NATIONWIDE** ?
? **Friday, November 13, 2026**
? **HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING YOUR WORK EMAIL? YOU’RE NOT ALONE! **
Microsoft is experiencing a widespread service outage affecting businesses, government agencies, and other organizations across the United States and internationally. The outage began Thursday, November 12, and continues to affect some users Friday morning.
? **SERVICES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS:**? Microsoft Outlook (Work Email)? Microsoft 365 / Office 365? Exchange Online? Microsoft Teams? SharePoint and other Microsoft services**?
WHY DOES MY PERSONAL OUTLOOK EMAIL WORK, BUT MY WORK EMAIL DOESN’T?**Microsoft operates separate systems for personal and business email accounts. ? **Personal Outlook.com, Hotmail, and Live.com accounts** operate on Microsoft’s consumer infrastructure and may continue working normally.
? **Work and government Outlook accounts** often operate through Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online, which are affected by the outage.
?? **WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:**?? You may be unable to send, receive, or access work emails.?? Some emails could be delayed.?? Restarting your computer or changing your password may not resolve the issue.?? Microsoft is working to restore services, but some users are still experiencing disruptions.
? **CHECK MICROSOFT’S OFFICIAL SERVICE STATUS: **https://status.cloud.microsoft/
? **LATEST NEWS: **https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-battling-major-outage/
? **PLEASE SHARE!**This information may help employees, businesses, government workers, and residents throughout Prince George’s County, Charles County, Southern Maryland, and the DMV understand why their workplace email is not functioning.
**Brandywine MDcom**? www.BrandywineMD.com#MicrosoftOutage #OutlookDown #Microsoft365 #Office365 #ExchangeOnline #SouthernMaryland #PrinceGeorgesCounty #CharlesCounty #BrandywineMD #DMVNewsVerified against reports published November 13, 2026, and Microsoft’s incident updates. Service status may change throughout the day. CBS News +2
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