GoKawiilMicrosoft outage disrupts Teams, Outlook and Copilot services
A widespread Microsoft outage has affected multiple services, including Teams, Outlook and the Copilot AI tool. The company attributed the disruption to unusually high stress on its servers and said systems were showing 'early signs of stabilisation' as engineers worked on a fix.
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The outage highlights how reliant businesses and individuals have become on Microsoft's cloud-based productivity and AI tools, meaning any disruption can ripple across workplaces globally. It also raises questions about the resilience of Microsoft's infrastructure as demand for AI-integrated services like Copilot grows.
- Microsoft services including Teams, Outlook and Copilot experienced a widespread outage.
- Microsoft said the issue stemmed from higher-than-usual server stress.
- The company reported early signs of stabilisation while continuing to work on a fix.
Source: bbc.co.uk, 2026-11-13
Published there as: “What we know so far about the Microsoft outage”
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