Microsoft 365 Outage Disrupts Financial Market Operations
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A report dated November 13, 2026, said a global Microsoft 365 outage lasting about 12 hours affected Exchange Online and disrupted financial institutions’ operations. Retail forex brokerage clients had difficulty accessing email and settling trades; during the outage, reports on U.S. Downdetector exceeded 130,000 at one point. Japanese brokers advised clients to monitor their trading tools, and the Japanese market switched to manual methods such as fax; traders in Singapore bypassed automated systems by using phone calls and WhatsApp, with some trade confirmations handled manually. The report did not provide the cause of the outage or say whether service had been restored.
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A 12-hour global Microsoft 365 outage affected Exchange Online, disrupting financial institutions’ operations and preventing customers of retail forex brokers from logging in via email and completing trade settlements. During the outage, reports on U.S. Downdetector at one point exceeded 130,000; Japanese brokers advised customers to monitor their trading tools, while traders in Singapore bypassed automated systems via phone and WhatsApp, with some trade confirmations handled manually.
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