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, with Microsoft acknowledging the problem on their status page, stating
“We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this issue.”
Websites from other businesses, such as Costco and Starbucks, are also inaccessible due to the outage.
This incident follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS a week ago and occurs just hours before Microsoft's earnings results announcement.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure faces significant outage.