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