Microsoft suffer system outage affecting Outlook, Teams and Copilot, exec says there's "no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity"

Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams, and Copilot went down on November 12th and 13th, disrupting schools, government services, and medical institutions. Microsoft exec Charles LaManna stated there is "no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity." As of the latest update, Microsoft reported "encouraging recovery progress in Europe" while addressing remaining disruption areas. Early fixes did not work as expected, according to Microsoft. Reports differ on whether Xbox services were affected, with the Xbox status page showing normal operation while Downdetector showed a recent spike in issue reports.