Following the AWS service incident last weekLarge-scale failuresShortly afterward, Microsoft's Azure cloud service also experienced a service outage, affecting applications and services including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft.
The related outage peaked around noon on October 29th, Eastern Time, and the official Azure service status page also indicated that Microsoft observed the technical issue around the same time.
Microsoft has deployed a "last known good configuration" repair, which is expected to restore service within hours.
In an Azure service status update at 3:57 p.m. Eastern Time on October 29 (3:57 a.m. on October 30 in Taiwan Time), Microsoft stated that it had begun deploying its "last known good configuration" and that its customers were beginning to see initial signs of recovery.
Microsoft stated that it is continuously redirecting traffic to "healthy nodes" and expects its Azure services to be fully restored by 6:20 p.m. Eastern Time on October 29 (6:20 a.m. Taiwan Time on October 30).
Game Pass service cannot be loaded; enterprise applications are restricted.
During the peak of the service outage, Reddit users reported that Xbox consoles were unable to load Game Pass, while many others reported limited access to productivity and enterprise applications such as Microsoft 365. The outage also appeared to affect Microsoft's technical support page and some airline websites.
Official confirmation: Azure Front Door issue.
A Microsoft spokesperson later issued a statement saying, "We are working to resolve an issue affecting Azure Front Door that is impacting the availability of some services. Customers should regularly check their service health status for alerts, and the latest updates on this issue can be found on the Azure Service Status page."
So far, the scale and duration of this Azure service outage appear to be relatively minor compared to the large-scale service disruption that occurred with AWS last week. However, it still highlights the potential for significant impact and related economic losses if services are deployed in a single network infrastructure environment.
