Outage hits Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Copilot, with no cause given

single source· 2 articles · confidence: low · first seen 2026-11-13 07:18 UTC

What this means for you

Nothing to act on unless you run Microsoft 365: no cause, no fix time and no scope have been published, so there is nothing to plan around yet. The practical point stands regardless — Teams and Copilot sit in the same estate as the rest of Microsoft's cloud, so one fault reaches both.

Microsoft's Teams, Outlook and Copilot were among the services affected by a global outage on 13 November 2026, and the BBC reported at 07:18 UTC that Microsoft was still trying to fix it, citing "connectivity problems". By 11:43 UTC the same day the same three products were still listed as affected. Neither report gives a cause, a figure for affected users, or a restoration time, and Microsoft has not said publicly which component failed. Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant, sold inside the same cloud estate as the mail and chat products that went with it.

Key facts

  • ·A global Microsoft outage on 13 November 2026 affected Teams, Outlook and Copilot. source
  • ·At 07:18 UTC the BBC reported Microsoft was still working to fix the outage, which it described as "connectivity problems". source
  • ·By 11:43 UTC the same day, Teams, Outlook and Copilot were still listed as affected. source
  • ·Neither report gives a cause, a count of affected users, or a time for restoration. source

What the sources say

  • BBC Technology — Morning video report: Microsoft still working on the fault, with three products named.
  • BBC Technology — Midday follow-up that adds no cause or fix time, but confirms the same products are down.

Sources

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