Microsoft outage affects Azure, 365 services, and Xbox; leaves business, entertainment, and web services in the lurch for hours

Microsoft’s internal review suggested the main trigger was an “inadvertent configuration change” in the Azure Front Door system. This affected how web requests and data traffic were routed and authenticated, causing failures in DNS resolution and server communications

Microsoft outage affects Azure, 365 services, and Xbox; leaves business, entertainment, and web services in the lurch for hours
Microsoft’s internal review suggested the main trigger was an “inadvertent configuration change” in the Azure Front Door system. This affected how web requests and data traffic were routed and authenticated, causing failures in DNS resolution and server communications