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Azure services back after outage: What ‘went wrong and why’ hours before Microsoft’s Q3 results announcement

Microsoft Azure services restored. (AP Photo) Microsoft has confirmed that it has fully restored its Azure cloud services after the widespread outage that struck for hours before the company’s scheduled Q3 earnings announcement. The disruption affected critical platforms including Microsoft 365, Outlook, Xbox Live, and Copilot, leaving millions of users across industries temporarily disconnected. As…

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

On October 29, a major Microsoft outage affected global users of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Xbox services, causing massive disruptions for businesses, gamers, and online platforms across continents. Let’s take a look at what went wrong…What really happenedOn October 29, 2025, millions of people around the world, found themselves unable to access critical Microsoft services…

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Azure Outage: Microsoft says issue identified; engineers rolling back changes and rerouting traffic

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform is suffering a widespread outage that has affected several websites, services and apps including Microsoft 365, Xbox and NatWest. It has reportedly even halted voting at the Scottish Parliament. Microsoft says a DNS configuration change is to blame and is attempting a rollback while rerouting traffic to healthy infrastructure.The disruption first…

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Alaska Air cuts 2025 profit forecast: Fuel, operational issues hit margins; projects lower returns after IT outage

Alaska airlines (File photo) Alaska Air Group on Thursday lowered its 2025 profit forecast due to rising fuel costs and operational challenges. The airline said adverse weather and other disruptions have further pressured its profit margins.The airline also projected fourth-quarter profit well below analysts’ expectations.Fuel costs have surged due to refinery outages on the US…

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Amazon Web Services outage: What brought the internet down across the world for more than 15 hours

Amazon Web Services experienced a massive 15-hour outage on October 20 that knocked offline thousands of popular applications and websites, from Snapchat and Fortnite to banking apps and government services, before the company announced full restoration of its cloud services.The disruption began around 12:30 p.m. IST and affected more than 1,000 companies globally, with outage-tracking…

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AWS down: McDonalds, Microsoft Office 365, Apple Music, Alexa, and other big businesses that Amazon outage ‘disrupted’

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently witnessed a major outage. The service outage sent shockwaves across the internet on Monday (October 20). The outage disrupted operations at some of the world’s biggest companies including McDonald’s, Microsoft Office 365, Apple Music, Alexa and dozens of others. The outrage started early morning in the AWS’s US-East-1 region. The…

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Amazon Web Services outage: Company identifies potential root cause; says, ‘Based on our investigation …’

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is experiencing a global outage impacting apps and websites worldwide. The outage, as per Downdetector started around 8am UK time with nearly 16,000 users hit, taking down other online services like Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT, Epic Games Store, Epic Online Services, and others. Amazon acknowledged the outage, stating “We can…

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