Massive Microsoft Azure outage takes down Xbox and 365 consoles

Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, is facing an outage just one week after problems occurred AWS has taken over vast swaths of the Internet. The issues appear to affect Microsoft services running on Azure, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and even… Minecraft.

Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we started experiencing DNS issues resulting in degraded availability of some services. Customers may experience issues accessing the Azure portal. We have taken action that is expected to address the portal access issues here soon. We are actively investigating the underlying issue and additional mitigation measures. More information will be available in 60 minutes or less.

12:25 PM ET, Microsoft 365 status Account on X He said the company was investigating reports of issues accessing Microsoft 365 services and the Microsoft 365 admin center, without specifying the specific issue. Xbox status page It doesn’t even load.

Edge I reached out to Microsoft for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Reports of issues with Azure have begun High on DownDetector At approximately 12 noon ET, coinciding with reports of service outages across Microsoft 365 and Xbox. It appears the outage may be global, some Reddit users are basing it on In the United States and UK says They are unable to access the Azure portal either.