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Microsoft was down — LIVE updates on outage that took down Azure, Xbox, 365 and more
- On Wednesday, October 29, Microsoft reported disruptions across Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox and Minecraft starting around 12 p.m. ET, confirming the outage on its status page.
- Microsoft said, `We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change as the trigger event for this issue`, tying the disruption to Azure Front Door and DNS faults affecting portal access.
- Retailers reported Costco, Starbucks and Kroger websites became inaccessible, while Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines urged customers to seek airport agent help for check-ins.
- Microsoft responded by deploying a 'last known good' configuration after starting Azure Front Door issues at 16:00 UTC, with updates promised within 60 minutes, just hours before earnings.
- Following a recent AWS disruption, the Azure outage highlights risks as Azure serves over 550,000 organizations while AWS supports more than 4,000,000 companies including 90% of Fortune 100 firms.
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