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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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By 16:30 Spanish time, Microsoft's Azure cloud has fallen completely for hours, disconnecting all of the company's services, from Microsoft 365 to Microsoft Teams, Xbox, Minecraft, and the rest.Thousands of companies use the Azure cloud to manage their businesses, so they have been inactive for a few hours.From Starbucks to Cosco. In Spain, more than 3,000 companies are hosted in the Azure cloud, including Santander, Amadeus, Encora, RSM, and ma…
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