Microsoft Azure Outage Affects Multiple Services
Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service, is experiencing a significant outage, affecting services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft.
The issue started around noon ET, with Microsoft acknowledging the problem on the service's status page, stating:
We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this issue.
- Microsoft 365
- Xbox
- Minecraft
- Websites from other businesses, such as Costco and Starbucks
The outage occurs just hours before Microsoft's earnings results announcement and follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS.
Author's summary: Azure outage affects Microsoft services.