Microsoft Azure, a 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 its status page, stating:
We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this issue.
Multiple Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft, have gone offline due to the outage. Additionally, websites from other businesses, such as Costco and Starbucks, are also inaccessible.
This outage occurs just hours before Microsoft's scheduled earnings announcement and follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS a week ago.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure faces significant outage affecting various services.