created by LBB published on 13 November 2026

Barnet council and BELS (Barnet Education and Learning Service) have been affected by the global Microsoft outage which has affected systems around the world.

At this stage, it seems the main application affected is Outlook (our email system), while Teams is partly working, but has had intermittent downtime. Copilot has also been affected.

This is a global issue so Barnet IT team is unable to resolve access to email until a fix is applied by Microsoft.

If schools have any urgent safeguarding concerns they can contact Rob Wratten on 02083595117