Microsoft Azure Outage Affects Multiple Services
Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service, is experiencing a significant outage, affecting various services including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft.
The issue started around noon ET, and Microsoft has acknowledged the problem on the service's status page, stating that
"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 a week ago.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure faces significant outage affecting multiple services.