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Tech Outages in 2026: Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud
Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud face major outages in 2026.
In brief
Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud face major outages in 2026. Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare experienced 18 major outages in 2026 affecting businesses, government agencies and online services. Originally reported by Financialexpress.
2026 Tech Outages Overview
Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare faced major outages in 2026 disrupting businesses, government agencies and online services.
Microsoft Outage Details
Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and Copilot faced a widespread outage on November 12 and 13 affecting businesses and government agencies worldwide.
Microsoft Impact
British police forces could not receive online crime reports and UK pharmacy services warned of possible prescription delays due to the outage.
Microsoft Response
Microsoft attributed the disruption to server issues and reported incremental improvements in service stability while acknowledging some recovery changes did not work as expected.
AWS Outages
AWS experienced two major outages in the Middle East and United States including physical damage to facilities in UAE and Bahrain attributed to drone strikes.
Google Cloud Outages
Google Cloud faced power-related disruptions in the Netherlands and London affecting services including Compute Engine and Cloud SQL.
Cloudflare Incident
Cloudflare experienced a network configuration change outage on February 20 affecting 1,100 BYOIP prefixes and customer applications.
Control Plane Tracker
Control Plane’s Cloud Outage Tracker recorded 18 major outages involving Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare between January and November 10, 2026.
Outage Statistics
Microsoft reported over 450 million paid commercial Microsoft 365 subscriptions with insured losses estimated at $300 million to $500 million.
Azure Outages
Azure experienced three major incidents in 2026 including power or cooling failures and software bugs affecting multiple regions.
The headline
Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare experienced 18 major outages in 2026 affecting businesses, government agencies and online services.
