Key facts
- The outage affected Microsoft's Outlook, Teams and Copilot services, per City A.M.
- UK government officials sought contingency plans after the disruption, City A.M. reported.
- Civil court judgments due to be handed down on the morning of November 13, 2026 were in question, per the report.
A Microsoft outage that affected Outlook, Teams and Copilot disrupted UK government and court operations, City A.M. reported on November 13, 2026. The report said officials sought contingency plans as a result.
Civil court judgments are usually handed down remotely by email before appearing on a court list, and the report said questions remained over judgments due to be handed down on the morning of November 13, 2026. The report did not state the cause of the outage, its duration, or how many users were affected.