On November 12, Microsoft announced a global outage impacting numerous services. This incident impacted thousands of businesses and institutions worldwide. This did not only affect the University of Illinois. We are continuing to monitor this situation and will provide all updates below.
Microsoft service disruption
November 12, 2026 at 1:55 p.m.
A service disruption at Microsoft impacted thousands of businesses and institutions globally. This did not only affect the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign specifically.
What Illinois is doing
Office of the CIO staff are actively monitoring the situation. Thus far, confirmed impacted services include:
- Exchange Online (Outlook)
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft SharePoint Online
- Copilot 365
Some users may see impacts, while others may not.
Security reminder: University IT staff will never ask for your password.
Updates
This page will be updated when relevant information is available. We will provide another update by 5:30 p.m. Central Time. Please check this page for updates throughout the incident.