Microsoft outage LIVE: Millions without internet again after Amazon AWS cloud crashes
Two major cloud service providers have been hit with simultaneous outages, sparking huge outages for users.
Both Amazon's AWS and Microsoft's Azure have experienced disruptions this evening, appearing to impact people using several key websites and apps. These include Microsoft 365, Outlook and Starbucks.
Gamers have also been impacted with outages reported with Xbox and Minecraft.
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Microsoft released an update on the Azure issue at 4.35pm.
The company said: "Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we began experiencing DNS issues resulting in availability degradation of some services.
"Customers may experience issues accessing the Azure Portal. We have taken action that is expected to address the portal access issues here shortly.
"We are actively investigating the underlying issue and additional mitigation actions. More information will be provided within 60 minutes or sooner."
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Azure is a cloud paltform from Microsoft, meaning it is the backbone of it's own and many other companies' services and websites.
This software tool being down has meant Microsofts own popular tools, like Powerpoint, Word and Excel, has also been hit.
It also offers companies services like storage, computing and networking, making it essential to run these apps and websites.
Elizabeta Ranxburgaj
A massive spike of people reporting outages with Amazon Web Services started at around 3.30pm today, according to Downdetector.
Millions of people in the UK and across the global have been impacted.
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