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Microsoft Suffers Major Outage Impacting Azure, Teams, Word, and Excel Users
On Wednesday, several Microsoft services were down, affecting Microsoft 365, Azure, Teams, Word, Excel, and the Microsoft Store. Users worldwide reported login and dashboard freezes. Thousands of users were affected by a technical outage in the Azure cloud service. Microsoft has stated that it is investigating the problem in the Azure portal. The outage impacted the tech, retail, and gaming industries.
If you can't log in to a Microsoft service, you're in good company. On Wednesday, many of Microsoft's services crashed all at once, including Microsoft 365, Azure, Teams, Word, Excel, and the Microsoft Store. Users across the globe reported unsuccessful logins, while others reported stuck dashboards.
According to Downdetector.com, a major technical outage in Microsoft's Azure cloud service has affected thousands of users worldwide. Notably, this outage is also affecting other Microsoft platforms like Microsoft 365, Teams, and OneDrive.
According to reports, Microsoft 365 was down for approximately 9,000 users, while over 16,600 Azure users experienced problems. Following the outage, Microsoft stated on its Azure Status Page that it was investigating a problem with the Azure portal, which some users were experiencing difficulty accessing.
Downdetector's live outage map shows that the problem has spread to the tech, retail, and gaming industries. Even Minecraft servers were down for a short time, demonstrating the severity of the outage.
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This shutdown was a significant setback for most companies, as their whole operation relies on Microsoft's cloud network. Additionally, technology website TechRadar stated that the effect of this Azure shutdown was worldwide, with most businesses facing a halt for hours.
