Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service, is experiencing a significant outage, impacting various services including 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.
Multiple Microsoft services have gone offline, and websites from other businesses, such as Costco and Starbucks, are also inaccessible.
This outage occurs just hours before Microsoft's scheduled earnings results announcement and follows a recent Amazon AWS outage.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure faces significant outage affecting multiple services.