Microsoft Copilot Takes a Siesta in Europe: Users Blocked and Frustrated!

Microsoft is tackling an incident blocking European users from Microsoft Copilot due to a sudden traffic spike. The company is manually scaling capacity to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, some admins face errors with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, adding to the tech giant’s to-do list. Stay tuned for updates on this digital juggling act!

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Hot Take:

Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot is feeling a bit overworked and underpaid, and it’s taking a European vacation right when users need it most. It seems like Copilot decided to take a break and left users to fend for themselves, proving once again that even digital assistants need some downtime!

Key Points:

  • Microsoft Copilot is experiencing access issues in Europe, particularly in the UK.
  • The outage is due to a capacity scaling issue following an unexpected spike in traffic.
  • Microsoft is manually scaling capacity to improve availability.
  • Another incident is affecting Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, impacting device inventory and threat analytics.
  • This is not the first recent disruption; a similar outage affected Defender XDR portal capabilities last week.

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