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.
This outage comes just hours before Microsoft's earnings results announcement and follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure faces significant outage affecting multiple services.