Microsoft users worldwide hit by outages after 'elevated load' on infrastructure

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Microsoft users worldwide reported outages on Thursday after the tech giant said its infrastructure was hit by "elevated load," affecting services including Teams, Outlook, and AI software Copilot. Microsoft stated the elevated load was caused by servers becoming unexpectedly unavailable, straining remaining infrastructure, not increased traffic. The issue, initially reported in the US, could affect users in any region, with UK reports spiking on Downdetector around 18:30 GMT. By 19:50 GMT, Microsoft said it was testing a configuration fix for servers failing automated health checks, and all affected servers had been restarted.


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