Microsoft Azure Outage Affects Multiple Services
Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service, is experiencing a significant outage, impacting services such as Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft.
The issue started around noon ET, and Microsoft has acknowledged the problem on the service's status page, stating:
We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this issue.
Multiple Microsoft services have gone offline, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft. Additionally, websites from other businesses, such as Costco and Starbucks, are also inaccessible.
- Microsoft 365
- Xbox
- Minecraft
- Costco website
- Starbucks website
This outage occurs just hours before Microsoft's scheduled earnings results announcement and follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS a week ago.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure faces significant outage affecting various services.