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FOX 32 Chicago's newsroom gets test messages through as Microsoft reports progress, but warns that intermittent problems may persist.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 38,518 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (2,248).
Is Microsoft Outlook working again?
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Test emails are making it through in FOX 32 Chicago's newsroom. For reporter Gabriella Premus, that is a practical sign that Microsoft's email backlog is beginning to clear, rather than a declaration that everything is fixed.
The station's report, "Is Microsoft Outlook working again?", describes a gradual recovery. Microsoft says it has completed recovery actions in parts of Asia-Pacific and is rolling out fixes elsewhere, with some users still facing intermittent issues.
There is also a change intended to keep delayed messages from bouncing back: Microsoft has extended the email timeout window to 48 hours, Premus reports. That gives messages longer to get through while service is being restored.
The report explains that automated health checks failed and backup recovery did not immediately kick in. Microsoft says there is no evidence of a cyberattack. Outlook was not the only service affected; Teams and Copilot also experienced disruption.
The Short drew about 31,000 views in its first 15 hours, already far beyond the station's usual first-day Shorts audience. Its most useful answer comes from the newsroom itself: messages are moving again, but recovery is still in progress.
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- Channel
- FOX 32 Chicago
- Subscribers
- 489,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,769,154
- Channel views, pace per day
- 986,611 (on a normal day: 286,466)
- Video published
- November 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 30,916 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 38,518
The numbers
The Outlook update drew an unusually large early audience for a FOX 32 Chicago Short, passing its usual full-day views well before a day had elapsed.
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Which Microsoft collaboration service was also affected in FOX 32's report?
The report names Teams alongside Outlook and Copilot among the affected Microsoft services.