A new video making the rounds online has captured the moment workers at Heirs Energies, owned by Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu, were seen celebrating inside their office amid the global Microsoft outage.
The employees appeared to have turned the unexpected disruption into an opportunity to relax and enjoy themselves, as several of them were spotted dancing, playing on their phones and beaming with smiles.
The video, which has attracted attention on social media, showed the workers enjoying the unusual moment in an office environment filled with excitement and positive energy.
The clip was shared with the caption, “POV: Microsoft is down in the office.”
Recall that Microsoft Outlook, alongside several other Microsoft 365 services, experienced a major global outage between Thursday, November 12, and Friday, November 13, 2026, leaving thousands of users unable to access their emails and other work-related applications.
Microsoft Corporation, the American technology company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, owns and operates Outlook.
The disruption extended beyond Outlook and Exchange Online, affecting other Microsoft services, including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint, Copilot and Planner.
According to reports, Downdetector recorded more than 130,000 outage reports for Outlook alone, as users across different countries complained about difficulties accessing their accounts and carrying out routine activities.
Microsoft subsequently explained that the disruption was linked to a technical problem involving its network infrastructure following an earlier network capacity upgrade and a more recent network change.
The company also ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the incident.
The outage affected businesses and organisations that depend on Microsoft’s services for daily communication, document management and other workplace activities.
Meanwhile, the video of the Heirs Energies workers has continued to attract attention, with social media users reacting to their unusual celebration during the disruption.
Watch the video below;
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