Microsoft Says Azure Outage Caused by DDoS Attack Response

July 31, 2024 at 09:08AM Microsoft’s response to a DDoS attack caused outages for Azure services affecting numerous customers. The 10-hour outage impacted various organizations, including water utilities and banks. Microsoft attributed the issue to an unexpected usage spike and an implementation bug in its defense mechanisms. The company has committed to publishing a review … Read more

Microsoft says massive Azure outage was caused by DDoS attack

July 31, 2024 at 08:59AM Microsoft confirmed a nine-hour outage on Tuesday was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The attack disrupted Microsoft 365 and Azure services globally. Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaway is that Microsoft experienced a nine-hour outage due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, resulting in disruption to … Read more

Microsoft 365 and Azure outage takes down multiple services

July 30, 2024 at 09:22AM Microsoft is investigating an outage affecting access to some Microsoft 365 and Azure services. Users are experiencing connection issues and degraded performance, particularly in Europe. The company has multiple engineering teams working on resolving the issue and is providing updates through admin and status pages. Downdetector has received thousands of … Read more

Microsoft confirms CrowdStrike update also hit Windows 365 PCs

July 20, 2024 at 11:28AM A faulty CrowdStrike Falcon update caused widespread outages by crashing Windows systems worldwide and rendered Windows 365 Cloud PCs unusable. Microsoft provided instructions for affected Windows devices and recommended troubleshooting steps, but recovery for Windows 365 Cloud PCs is limited. CrowdStrike is actively working with affected customers, and Microsoft is … Read more

Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search

May 23, 2024 at 04:54AM A major Microsoft outage impacting Bing.com, Copilot, ChatGPT, and DuckDuckGo began around 3 AM EDT. The disruption primarily affects users in Asia and Europe. The situation is ongoing and continues to develop. Based on the meeting notes, it appears that there was a massive Microsoft outage affecting various services such … Read more

Microsoft Teams hit by second outage in three days

January 29, 2024 at 10:19AM Microsoft is investigating a second outage impacting Microsoft Teams users in North and South America, causing connectivity issues and message delays in desktop and mobile clients. Affected users in these regions can find more information in the incident report TM710900. Microsoft has not updated the service health page for Teams’ … Read more