# Dutch courts unreachable by email in Microsoft outage

> A global Microsoft outage has knocked out Outlook, Teams and Copilot for more than a day and a half, leaving Dutch courts unreachable by email and municipalities struggling with their mail.

Economy · published 2026-11-13 21:06 · https://nlnow.nl/a/microsoft-outage-disrupts-dutch-courts-and-municipalities/

Microsoft says it is making progress in fixing a worldwide outage that has disrupted its email service Outlook, the meeting service Teams and the AI assistant Copilot since Thursday. The problems have lasted more than a day and a half, and users of Microsoft 365 may still run into them while repairs continue.

In the Netherlands, Dutch courts could not be reached by email. Municipalities, including Leeuwarden and Barneveld, reported problems with their email. Users in more than 70 countries reported problems.

Microsoft has ruled out a cyberattack. It says an "increased load" on its systems left a number of servers unavailable.

Earlier, Microsoft said certain processes on its servers were overloaded. Microsoft has given no further technical detail. Online meetings through Teams were sometimes impossible. Many users joked on social media that the subscription service should be renamed Microsoft 364.

On Friday Microsoft reported "encouraging progress" in recovery in Europe, with more and more users able to use their email again. It also reported improvement in Japan and North America. The company says the outage is easing.

Microsoft apologised: "We are deeply sorry that this outage has affected our customers and partners. We know they rely on our services working, and we take that responsibility extremely seriously."

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