Microsoft announced ongoing “network availability” issues on Azure
Microsoft is down, with thousands of users reporting an outage online(Image: AP)
Microsoft is down, with thousands of users reporting an outage online.
Problems began around 3.30pm, with Xbox and Minecraft players also recording issues, according to Downdetector.
Reports peaked at 4.30PM with users around the world flagging issues, including 38 per cent in the USA’s east coast, 34 per cent in the EU and 28 per cent in the USA’s west coast.
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On Downdetector, people are flagging problems with applications such as Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo and Canva.
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced ongoing “network availability” issues on Azure.
They wrote: “We are taking two concurrent actions where we are blocking all changes to the AFD services and at the same time rolling back to our last known good state.”
On the Azure website, they state: “Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, customers and Microsoft services that leverage Azure Front Door (AFD) may have experienced issues resulting in latencies, timeouts and errors.
“We have confirmed that an inadvertent configuration change as the trigger event for this issue.”
Full list of services effected by Microsoft outage
Minecraft
Microsoft Azure
Xbox Network
BT
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Outlook
NatWest
Community Fibre
O2
Costco
Microsoft Teams
EE
My Vue
John Lewis
Vodafone
Vinted
RBS
Kroger
M&S Bank
Amazon
Cloudflare
Netatmo
Google CLoud
Jet2.com
OS Maps
Hastings Direct
Smarty
Playstation Network
EA
Next PLC
Lloyds Bank
Virgin Media
Sky
GOV.UK
Sea of Thieves
Sainsbury’s
Microsoft Entra
Now
Roblox
Microsoft Copilot
Nationwide
Battlefield
Greggs
3
Starbucks