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Microsoft outage LIVE: Outlook, hotmail and Teams down for London users with fix ‘not going as expected’

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Yadav, N., & Howie, M. (2026, November 13). Microsoft outage LIVE: Outlook, hotmail and Teams down for London users with fix ‘not going as expected’. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/microsoft-down-latest-outlook-teams-hotmail-downdetector-b1304722.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-11-13 · by Niva Yadav, Michael Howie

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Niva Yadav
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She alleged Brand would not stop, adding: “And then it gets worse and it’s really painful.
“It is also a tasteless joke that I would not dream of making today about anyone, but that is beside the point.
Walliams sought an injunction to prevent this broadcast and publication because of a risk that he would take his own life, following two previous suicide attempts, the court was told.
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On Monday, the judge is expected to hear impact statements from Brand’s victims and legal submissions from the lawyers before passing sentence.
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The media personality returned to Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday morning (November 4), with the jury of eight men and four women set to continue their deliberations.
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Topics

Copilot London Microsoft Outlook Teams

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Microsoft ORG · 6× London GPE · 2× Downdetector ORG · 1×

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Microsoft outages hit London as tech giant works to restore services Microsoft users in London and beyond are experiencing disruption on Friday as the tech giant battles to resolve outages impacting some of its most popular services.
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Attempts to use Teams and Outlook and Hotmail emails services were unsuccessful on Friday morning, as the company battled to fix a global outage. asserted
company → use → outage
“We appreciate your organisation’s patience and understanding while we work with urgency to resolve this incident,” the company said. asserted
company → appreciate → incident
Affected products also included AI service Copilot and some aspects of its Cloud services. asserted
products → affect → services
In an update on Friday, the tech giant said that although it had managed to get servers operating multiple times overnight UK time, those servers had crashed. asserted
servers → say → Friday
Microsoft said it had tried several solutions to mitigate the problems, including isolating parts of its infrastructure and shifting traffic to alternate routes. asserted
it → say → routes
“We’ve monitored the status of the changes applied to improve serviceability and confirmed that change is not taking as expected,” the company said. asserted
company → monitor → serviceability
Live updates Attempted fixes 'not taking as expected' asserted
fixes → take → ?
In an update overnight, Microsoft said it had tried several solutions to mitigate the problems, including isolating parts of its infrastructure and shifting traffic to alternate routes. asserted
it → say → routes
“We’ve monitored the status of the changes applied to improve serviceability and confirmed that change is not taking as expected,” the company said. asserted
company → monitor → serviceability
The tech firm provided regular updates on official Microsoft 365 accounts. asserted
firm → provide → accounts
It had earlier directed people to a page on its website for updates, but users complained the page did not load. asserted
page → direct → updates
Microsoft outages hit London as tech giant works to restore services Microsoft users in London and beyond are experiencing disruption on Friday as the tech giant battles to resolve outages impacting some of its most popular services. asserted
giant → hit → services
Monitoring website Downdetector first showed a spike in users reporting problems with Microsoft Teams in the UK at around 6.15pm on Thursday. asserted
website → monitor → Thursday
Issues were still being reported at 6am this morning. asserted
Issues → report → am
“We appreciate your organisation’s patience and understanding while we work with urgency to resolve this incident,” the company said. asserted
company → appreciate → incident
Affected products included instant messaging service Teams, AI service Copilot, Outlook emails and some aspects of its Cloud services, among others. asserted
products → affect → others
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