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When the Cloud Rains: Azure Outage Soaks Industries Worldwide
A configuration change to Microsoft Azure caused widespread service disruptions affecting airlines, airports, and telecoms, with outage reports peaking at over 18,000 users, Downdetector said.
- Microsoft Azure reported a global outage beginning around 1600 UTC on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, disrupting websites worldwide with Downdetector reports peaking at more than 18,000.
- Microsoft attributed the disruption to a configuration change, causing slowdowns and timeout errors in services tied to Azure Front Door, Microsoft content-delivery network.
- Alaska Airlines said key systems, including its website, were disrupted, leaving travelers unable to check in online and urging them to see airport agents for boarding passes.
- Microsoft reverted to a last known good configuration while blocking customer changes and deployed a fix as of Wednesday afternoon, expecting full restoration by 23:20 UTC.
- With Azure's revenue growing 40% in Microsoft’s FY26 Q1, analysts warn that cloud outages reveal systemic risks amid ongoing concentration concerns.
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Microsoft has reported the major outage and fixed the problem that caused it, Microsoft writes on its website.
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When the cloud rains: Azure outage soaks industries worldwide
A major outage hit Microsoft’s Azure cloud service Wednesday, impacting email and other Office 365 apps used by companies and governments worldwide. A post from the company said users may experience “latencies, timeouts and errors.” Alaska Airlines said the outage had disrupted key systems. In the United Kingdom, London’s Heathrow Airport said it was experiencing technical problems because of the Azure outage. Azure’s troubles followed an outage…
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