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Microsoft outage hits Teams, Outlook and Copilot
Microsoft services including Teams, Outlook and Copilot are down due to higher-than-usual server stress, but the company says systems are stabilising.
In brief
Microsoft services including Teams, Outlook and Copilot are down due to higher-than-usual server stress, but the company says systems are stabilising. Microsoft services including Teams, Outlook and Copilot went down due to server stress, with the company reporting early signs of stabilisation. Originally reported by…
Microsoft services go down

A Microsoft outage is affecting Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot. The company has not said how many users are affected or when service will fully return.
Cause: server stress
Microsoft said the problem was caused by higher-than-usual stress on its servers. The company did not explain what triggered the unusual demand on its infrastructure.
Early signs of stabilisation
Microsoft said systems were showing early signs of stabilisation as work continued on a fix. The company gave no timeline for full restoration of all affected services.
“early signs of stabilisation”
The essence
Microsoft services including Teams, Outlook and Copilot went down due to server stress, with the company reporting early signs of stabilisation.



