Microsoft outage

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Microsoft investigates outage affecting Teams and Outlook users ... (The Guardian)

Service status monitoring website Downdetector records thousands of people reporting problems.

Its US tech peers have also announced job cuts, including Facebook’s parent Meta, and the Google owner Alphabet, with admissions that they had over-expanded during the coronavirus pandemic, a [common theme](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/06/amazon-apple-tesla-elon-musk-job-cuts-tech-sector). The reported outage came hours after Microsoft flagged softening demand for its cloud computing services in its latest quarterly results. It added at 9.26am GMT: “We’ve rolled back a network change that we believe is causing impact.”

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Microsoft 365 outage affecting Teams, Outlook and Azure users ... (ComputerWeekly.com)

Microsoft 365 is in the midst of an outage that has left users across the UK and beyond unable to access Teams, Outlook and Exchange Online.

[Microsoft claims to have resolved a global outage that left users of various](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497921/Microsoft-cloud-users-hit-by-global-outage-linked-to-Azure-Active-Directory-issue)services within its cloud portfolio unable to access their business apps and platforms overnight. This means users are likely falling back on to centralised vendor-owned, consumer-grade comms apps like WhatsApp where sensitive discussions will be on Facebook-owned servers, leaving businesses with no control over how their data is stored, managed or accessed,” said Hodgson. If we deliver on this, we will emerge stronger and thrive long into the future; it’s as simple as that.” “We’re living through times of significant change. “#MicrosoftTeams Thank you for the outage. [identified a networking fault that has resulted in users being unable to access multiple services](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497921/Microsoft-cloud-users-hit-by-global-outage-linked-to-Azure-Active-Directory-issue) within its cloud-based portfolio of business productivity tools, including Teams and Outlook.

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Microsoft scrambles to fix global outage due to network problem (News24)

Thousands of incidents were logged by the tracking website Downdetector, with complaints spiking in the hour from 0700 GMT and particularly affecting users in ...

"I have a paper in half an hour on MS teams and the servers are not working in India," said one Twitter user, adding: "Please do something." "We've isolated the problem to a networking configuration issue, and we are analyzing the best mitigation strategy to address it without causing additional impact," the firm said in an update at 0900 GMT. US tech giant Microsoft said on Wednesday it was working to fix a networking problem that had left users across the world struggling to access tools like Outlook and Teams.

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Microsoft probes Teams, Outlook outage as thousands of users ... (Moneyweb.co.za)

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it was investigating a networking issue that impacted multiple services including Teams and Outlook, with outage reports ...

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Microsoft investigating Teams and Outlook outages as thousands of ... (CNBC)

Microsoft is investigating issues with several of its products including Teams and Outlook, the company said Tuesday.

But the company saw a slowdown in revenue from cloud computing products, including Azure, and gave [gloomy guidance](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/24/microsoft-forecast-suggests-gloomy-tech-environment-will-continue.html) for the current quarter. We're monitoring the service as the rollback takes effect." - "We've identified a potential networking issue and are reviewing telemetry to determine the next troubleshooting steps," the company said.

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Microsoft 365 outage takes down Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook (BleepingComputer)

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services after customers have reported experiencing connection issues.

"We're investigating issues impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services. "We've determined the network connectivity issue is occurring with devices across the Microsoft Wide Area Network (WAN). "The issue is causing impact in waves, peaking approximately every 30 minutes.

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Microsoft cloud outage hits users around the world (CNN)

Microsoft on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such ...

Earlier, Microsoft said it had determined a network connectivity issue was occurring with devices across the Microsoft WAN. During the outage, users faced problems in exchanging messages, joining calls or using any features of Teams application. Microsoft’s cloud business had helped shore up its fiscal second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. [(CRZBF)](https://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=CRZBF&source=story_quote_link) (CBKG) said in a statement that Microsoft was investigating several issues impacting the bank. This impacts connectivity between clients on the internet to Azure, as well as connectivity between services in data centres, it said. [(MSFT)](https://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=MSFT&source=story_quote_link) on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook used by millions around the globe.

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Breaking News: Microsoft Azure Outage Wipes Out Teams, 365, and ... (Data Center Knowledge)

Microsoft experienced a three-hour outage to its core M365 offerings due to Azure network issues.

While the two outages vary in source, the widespread impact is a common feature of these and all outages from major organizations. And more firms are paying upward of $1 million to survive the aftereffects of an outage, with the number of firms paying out seven figures rising to 15%, up from 11% in previous years. This can dramatically reduce the time it takes to get back in business following a disaster to help you meet your specified recovery time objective (RTO). A change the firm made to its WAN severed connectivity between the internet and Microsoft’s core suite of services. When a contractor deleted said files, the system slowed and NOTAM alerts were unavailable to pilots, grounding domestic flights across the U.S. The outage in multiple regions lasted for three hours and affected Azure resources in Public Azure regions.

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Microsoft Outage Outrage: Was it BGP or DNS? (DevOps.com)

All of Microsoft's cloud services go down, everywhere. Redmond's IaaS, PaaS and SaaS—including GitHub—were dead for several hours, and are still running ...

Azure … GCP had a similar thing once, where a BGP update knocked out their Asian regions. This is just the nudge I needed: … Because I couldn’t auth with Microsoft MFA, my VPN would connect but refuse to auth further. I’ll be moving the whole thing to Linode later this afternoon. Just a week earlier, the company slashed 10,000 jobs. A wide scale Microsoft outage had many users unable to access Outlook, Teams, Azure, and more. Azure said most customers should have seen services resume after a full recovery of the Microsoft Wide Area Network. This has all the hallmarks of a dodgy DNS config or a broken BGP update. … It’s clear that some hapless Microserf b0rked the internal network with a configuration change. Analysis: It’s DNS.

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Microsoft applications like Outlook and Teams were down for ... (NPR)

Microsoft says it rolled back a network change that may have caused thousands to lose access to its apps Wednesday morning. Key workplace engines like Teams ...

In a three month period that ended in December, the company's overall profit fell 12%, to $16.4 billion. The tech giant originally said it had isolated the problem to "networking configuration issues," later saying that it had "rolled back a network change that we believe is causing impact." Microsoft is the latest in a wave of tech companies to announce layoffs We're continuing to monitor the recovery across the service and some customers are reporting mitigation. It updated its status report to show the applications were fully accessible again shortly after 7:30 a.m. In a statement provided to NPR, Microsoft confirmed the outage was a result of a network change and not outside actors.

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Microsoft Confirms Global Outage Hits Teams, Outlook, and Azure (Petri.com)

Microsoft is investigating a network configuration issue that is currently preventing users from accessing Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Azure, and other ...

In a subsequent update, Microsoft explained that a recent Wide Area Network (WAN) update is the root cause behind this global outage. “We’ve determined the network connectivity issue is occurring with devices across the Microsoft Wide Area Network (WAN). Microsoft acknowledged that the problem is caused by a networking configuration change, and also said that it’s working on a fix.

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Huge Microsoft cloud outage takes down Teams and Outlook (Business Day)

Tech giant says services have been restored after global networking outage knocks out cloud platform Azure.

Earlier, Microsoft said it had determined a network connectivity issue was occurring with devices across the Microsoft WAN. Azure, the second-largest cloud services provider after Amazon, battled outages in 2022. During the outage, users experienced problems in exchanging messages, joining calls or using any features of Teams application. Users lost access to some documents. Microsoft’s cloud business had helped shore up its fiscal second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Microsoft said on Wednesday it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook used by millions around the globe.

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Microsoft investigating Teams, Outlook outage; So are we supposed ... (WION)

After millions of users across the world were left unable to access Microsoft Corp services like Teams and Outlook, the company on Thursday said it was ...

As per Reuters, it is an integral part of daily operations for more than 280 million people, who use it to "make calls, schedule meetings and organize their workflow." There are a load of people in Redmond getting hauled out of bed right now— 🆂🅺 🌻 (@SK_00001) The website gathers its data from a variety of sources, including user reports.

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Microsoft Investigates Major Outage—Xbox Live, Teams, Outlook ... (Forbes Africa)

TOPLINE Microsoft on Wednesday said it is investigating after an outage took down a number of its platforms around the world, leaving thousands of users ...

The firm [said](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/01/24/2023-layoffs-3m-slashes-2500-while-gemini-reportedly-cuts-10-of-its-staff/?sh=6bf785a34235) it plans to cut 10,000 jobs in mid-January ahead of [revealing](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-24/microsoft-says-azure-growth-to-decelerate-shares-erase-gains) lackluster earnings amid slower corporate sales and declining demand. The impact on Azure, a key [revenue](https://www.ft.com/content/a519cb01-4467-4820-ada6-680d2300acb0) [driver](https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-misses-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2023-01-24/) for Microsoft, could mean the disruption is felt further afield from sites using the cloud computing service. [Microsoft Erases Gains After Saying Azure Growth to Decelerate](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-24/microsoft-says-azure-growth-to-decelerate-shares-erase-gains)(Bloomberg) Teams, a messaging and communication service, is used by more than [280 million people worldwide](https://twitter.com/fxshaw/status/1618015984702615553?s=20&t=JaALMMz7vdzOwE0-WdBXyg) and Outlook is one of the world’s most popular email clients. [January 25, 2023](https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1618160643873411072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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Daily Crunch: 'Network issue' causes cloud outage that takes down ... (TechCrunch)

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Teams, Outlook Have 'Recovered' From Microsoft 365 Outage | CRN (CRN)

Here's a look at the impact of the Microsoft 365 outage that left thousands of users in North America without access to Teams and Outlook.

Stinner credited Microsoft with having the best online telemetry and cybersecurity of any of the hyperscaler providers. “Microsoft is on top of the world with the best cybersecurity and telemetry and online experience than any other company out there,” he said. “Their ability to bring these Microsoft 365 services back online quickly is a testament to the fact that they are the best in the business at keeping cloud services up and running and safe. US itek and none of our customers were impacted.” Further, updates on the Exchange investigation will be available in your admin center under the SI# EX502694.— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) I’m all in with Microsoft Azure and its complete cybersecurity stack. “No one likes to hear about outages, but I give Microsoft kudos because when these things happen they seem to be one of the fastest companies to recover and get back online,” he said. “For some SaaS providers, outages can last many hours and even as long as a day. At about 4:44 a.m. At about 3:44 a.m. 17](https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1615352539871907843), Microsoft was forced to analyze “network trace logs” to isolate the source of the issue, which left some users in North America “unable to access Microsoft 365 services.” We've confirmed that the impacted services have recovered and remain stable.

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Microsoft reports outage for Teams, Outlook, other services (Saanich News)

Microsoft said it's seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users ...

“We’re continuing to monitor the recovery across the service and some customers are reporting mitigation,” the Microsoft 365 Status Twitter account said. “We’re also connecting the service to additional infrastructure to expedite the recovery process.” Thousands of users reported problems with Teams, Outlook, the Azure cloud computing service and XBox Live online gaming service early Wednesday on the Downdetector website, which tracks outage reports.

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Microsoft to reveal reasons for mega outage in detail this week (Economic Times)

Microsoft said it will follow up in three days with a preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR), which will cover the initial root cause and repair items.

"We've received reports that the following services are impacted: "We determined that a change made to the The company confirmed that it rolled back a network change that "it believes was causing the impact".

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Microsoft reports outage for Teams, Outlook, other services (Terrace Standard)

Microsoft said it's seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users ...

“We’re continuing to monitor the recovery across the service and some customers are reporting mitigation,” the Microsoft 365 Status Twitter account said. “We’re also connecting the service to additional infrastructure to expedite the recovery process.” Thousands of users reported problems with Teams, Outlook, the Azure cloud computing service and XBox Live online gaming service early Wednesday on the Downdetector website, which tracks outage reports.

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