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Microsoft Azure Outage Disrupts Services Worldwide as Engineers Roll Back Faulty Change

Microsoft cites an unintended Azure Front Door configuration change as the trigger and is reverting to the last known good state.

Overview

  • Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams, Xbox, Minecraft, OneDrive and other services experienced intermittent failures and latency across multiple regions.
  • Microsoft reported the issue originated in Azure Front Door and said traffic is being redirected while a rollback is deployed.
  • Status posts indicated change blocks on AFD and direct access paths for the Azure portal as part of the mitigation steps.
  • Downdetector recorded thousands of reports in the U.S. and Europe, with additional disruptions noted in Latin America.
  • Media and user reports said some services were coming back online gradually in many regions, while companies such as Costco, Starbucks and Alaska Airlines also reported impacts.