Microsoft Copilot Outage in Europe Due to Capacity Scaling Issue

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09.12.2025 13:48

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Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident affecting users in Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, who are experiencing issues accessing or using Microsoft Copilot. The outage is caused by a capacity scaling issue due to an unexpected increase in traffic. Microsoft is manually scaling capacity to improve service availability. Additionally, a separate incident is causing errors for admins accessing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint features.

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Microsoft Copilot Outage in Europe Due to Capacity Scaling Issue
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident affecting users in Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, who are experiencing issues accessing or using Microsoft Copilot. The outage is caused by a capacity scaling issue due to an unexpected increase in traffic. Microsoft is manually scaling capacity to improve service availability. Additionally, a separate incident is causing errors for admins accessing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint features.
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Microsoft Copilot users in Europe, particularly the UK, are experiencing access issues or degraded functionality.
First reported: 09.12.2025 13:48

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- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48
The outage is caused by a capacity scaling issue due to an unexpected increase in traffic.
First reported: 09.12.2025 13:48

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- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48
Microsoft is manually scaling capacity to mitigate the issue and monitoring the situation closely.
First reported: 09.12.2025 13:48

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- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48
A separate incident (DZ1193516) is causing errors for admins accessing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint features.
First reported: 09.12.2025 13:48

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- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48
Last week, Microsoft mitigated an outage affecting Defender XDR portal capabilities.
First reported: 09.12.2025 13:48

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- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48