Microsoft Azure, a 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 their status page, stating
"We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this issue."
Websites of other businesses, such as Costco and Starbucks, are also inaccessible due to the outage.
This incident occurs just before Microsoft's earnings results announcement and follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure outage affects multiple services.