Microsoft outage persists as fixes fail, hitting Teams, Outlook, and Copilot globally

Microsoft is racing to resolve a global outage affecting services like Teams, Outlook, and Copilot, with fixes not working as expected. Hundreds of thousands of users have been locked out since Thursday evening, and the company confirmed the cause is elevated server load, not a cyber attack. Microsoft said it restarted servers overnight but they crashed again, and its attempted solutions, including isolating infrastructure and rerouting traffic, have shown only marginal success. The outage has also impacted other services like OpenAI and Anthropic, while airlines such as IndiGo and Malaysia Airlines reported email disruptions, though London flights remain unaffected. UK Defence Minister Luke Pollard said the government is assessing the impact, noting many frustrated workers cannot access systems. Tech expert Bob O'Donnell called the prolonged failure a sign of over-reliance on such services and a lack of redundancy, with London, Manchester, and Leeds among the hardest-hit areas.