Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service, is experiencing a significant outage, affecting services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft.
The problems started around noon ET, and Microsoft has acknowledged the issue on the service's status page, stating that
"We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this issue."
The company has not indicated when service will be restored, and the outage occurs just hours before Microsoft's earnings results announcement.
This incident follows a recent outage experienced by Amazon AWS a week ago, which affected various websites, banks, and government services.
Author's summary: Microsoft Azure outage affects multiple services.