Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service supplied by the corporate, is experiencing a major outage on Wednesday. The issues began round 12 p.m. ET, and Microsoft has acknowledged the difficulty on the service’s standing web page.
In line with Microsoft, “We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered this situation.” The corporate has not indicated when service might be restored.
A number of Microsoft companies have gone offline as a part of this outage, together with Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft. Web sites from different companies, equivalent to Costco and Starbucks, are additionally inaccessible.
This outage takes place simply hours earlier than Microsoft is scheduled to announce its earnings outcomes this afternoon.
It additionally follows a latest outage skilled by Amazon AWS every week in the past. The incident affected varied web sites, banks, and sure authorities companies.
