Azure Is In Recovery Following An Outage That Affected Microsoft 365, Xbox And Minecraft

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Microsoft’s Azure unreality work is recovering from an outage that affected cardinal apps and services for illustration Microsoft 365 , Xbox and Minecraft. All 3 showed spikes successful outage reports connected DownDetector astir 12PM ET, and nan Azure position page indicates that Microsoft first observed method issues astir 12PM ET.

In its astir caller Azure position update astatine 3:57PM ET, Microsoft says that it “initiated nan deployment of our ‘last known bully configuration,’” and that “customers whitethorn person begun to spot first signs of recovery.” The institution is continuing to reroute postulation done “healthy nodes” and believes that Azure should beryllium afloat recovered “by 23:20 UTC,” aliases 6:20PM ET.

At nan highest of nan outage, users connected Reddit reported issues loading Game Pass connected Xbox consoles, on pinch constricted entree to productivity and endeavor apps. The outage besides appeared to impact Microsoft support pages and some hose websites.

A Microsoft spokesperson provided nan pursuing connection to Engadget astir its Azure issues:

We are moving to reside an rumor affecting Azure Front Door that is impacting nan readiness of immoderate services. Customers should proceed to cheque their Service Health Alerts and nan latest update connected this rumor tin beryllium recovered connected the Azure status page.

At slightest truthful far, nan Azure outage ray successful comparison to Amazon Web Services outage that occurred past week. Amazon’s outage kept celebrated apps and services offline for hours.

Update, October 29, 4:33PM ET: Added caller specifications connected Azure’s recovery.

Update, October 29, 3:09PM ET: Added specifications from nan latest Azure position update to article on pinch a connection from Microsoft.

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