Microsoft reports global outage of Outlook, Teams and Copilot
Microsoft said on 13 November that a global outage of its Microsoft 365 suite, affecting Outlook, Teams and Copilot, had disrupted users worldwide and that no malicious activity had been detected. Microsoft had earlier said the problem started on 12 November, cutting off Exchange Online, Outlook and Teams for users in the Americas and causing elevated server load. According to reports from The Guardian, the outage also affected Australian schools, hospitals and government agencies, as well as UK NHS trusts, police forces and schools, which activated contingency plans.