Australian Government Agencies, Workplaces Hit by Global Microsoft 365 Outage

A global disruption affecting Microsoft services has significantly impacted thousands of Australian users, including government agencies and law enforcement. The outage primarily affected Outlook emails, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot, with over 5,500 users reporting issues on November 13th. Microsoft attributed the connectivity errors to elevated load on a portion of its infrastructure.

• Thousands of Australian users reported problems with Microsoft services on November 13th.
• Affected services included Outlook emails, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot.
• The widespread disruption impacted Australian public services and law enforcement agencies.
• Microsoft cited elevated infrastructure load as the likely cause of connectivity errors.