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Outlook down: Microsoft outage exposes UK's single point of failure
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United Kingdom
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Fusion42 · 13 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
A major Microsoft 365 outage on 12-13 November disrupted multiple services globally, hitting the UK hard due to its public sector's heavy reliance on Microsoft for email and identity services, exposing a critical single point of failure.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Govtech, and 8 sources have reported it.
◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
Your reliance on Microsoft is now a vulnerability that can halt your entire operation. It’s time to diversify your cloud services or face repeated outages with costly knock-on effects.
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8 sources · 13 Nov 2026
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