‘Strong signs’ Microsoft outage could be resolved soon, company declares
The Azure outage could soon be over, Microsoft declares.
The company suggested in a web post that it’s expecting its technical resolvees to kick in fully and mitigate the problem momentarily.
“We are seeing strong signs of improvement across affected regions and are tracking toward full mitigation by 23:20 UTC on 29 October 2025,” the company wrote.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 23:20
Microsoft outage is a reminder of our fragile ‘digital backbone,’ expert declares
The Amazon and Microsoft cloud outages in recent days are a warning sign.
Becautilize so many organizations and companies rely on a handful of giant tech companies for key services like cloud computing, problems within one firm quickly radiate out onto the entire internet, according to Munish Walther-Puri, an adjunct faculty member at IANS Research and the former director of cyber risk for the city of New York.
“Organizations may believe they’re insulated by their choice of cloud provider, but depfinishencies run deeper,” he informed WIRED. “When key partners rely on other hyperscalers, exposure multiplies. As AI becomes the next layer of critical infrastructure, these outages demonstrate the brittleness of our digital backbone.”
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 22:53
Microsoft confirms which of its services have been hit in Azure breakdown
Microsoft has just released an in-depth breakdown on some of the main areas impacted in today’s Azure outage.
Here are the products they flagged: App Service, Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Communication Services, Azure Databricks, Azure Healthcare APIs, Azure Maps, Azure Portal, Azure SQL Database, Container Registest, Media Services, Microsoft Deffinisher External Attack Surface Management, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Sentinel, Video Indexer, and Virtual Desktop.
Users have also reported problems on Microsoft-affiliated platforms like Xbox Live, Minecraft, and Office 365.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 22:30
How to monitor if your cloud provider is down
Online crowd-sourcing sites and social media can provide early warning about cloud outages, but the most reliable way to track the status of platforms like Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s AWS is through official company channels.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 22:10
Amid outages, how the tech industest can mitigate the risks of relying on outside cloud providers
Recent cloud outages highlight the vulnerabilities of relying so much on cloud computing – or “the cloud” as it’s often called. But there are ways to mitigate some of the risks.
Here’s a piece from Jongkil Jay Jeong, written after last week’s Amazon outage, on what can be done.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 21:50
How meme-buildrs are processing the Azure outage
The ongoing Microsoft Azure problems today may be caapplying technical issues at airports and popular websites, but that hasn’t stopped people from venting in memes.
Some riffed on the back-to-back timing of the Azure outage coming on the heels of problems last week with Amazon’s AWS, while others complained that they had access to Microsoft tech that was still functioning, forcing them to keep working when others received an unexpected break.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 21:30
More than 180,000 outage reports filed about Azure and AWS
More than 180,000 reports of outages on Azure and AWS flooded in today on Downdetector, the crowd-sourced online monitoring service from Ookla.
An Ookla spokesperson informed The Indepfinishent more than 131,000 of those reports concerned Azure, while more than 54,000 were about AWS. (Amazon declares reports about an AWS outage are incorrect and the platform is functioning normally.)
Ookla emphasizes that its data is drawn from utilizer reports, including claims on social media, and should be considered an unofficial “early warning system.”
“Another day, another major cloud outage,” company analyst Luke Kehoe wrote in a statement provided to The Indepfinishent. “Microsoft Azure has knocked many services offline worldwide, with a wide blast radius across airlines, banks and government agencies. It is the second such event this month highlighting the systemic risks of concentration and single points of logical failure, regardless of how physically hardened the infrastructure is.”
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 21:10
Cybersecurity expert warns of scams in wake of Azure outage
Scammers may test to take advantage of the ongoing Microsoft outage, according to a tech security expert.
“Tell your teams to expect potential phishing texts, calls, emails (once back up) claiming Microsoft is down becautilize they necessary to “update their password, click here”, etc,” Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security, wrote on X. “Criminals love to take advantage of outages to trick. Catch them!”
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 20:50
Azure outage is latest tech trouble for Alinquirea Airlines after ground stop last week
Alinquirea Airlines has had a seriously bad week of tech problems.
Today, the company announced that the ongoing Azure outages have cautilized “disruption to key systems, including our websites.”
The shutdown prompted angry messages on social media from customers, including one who posted pictures of a long line at an airport check-in kiosk.
Today’s issue come less than a week after an IT outage prompted Alinquirea to issue a systemwide ground stop for Alinquirea and Horizon Air flights, caapplying delays and cancellations.
Here’s Rhian Lubin’s earlier report on the ground stop.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 20:37
Azure outage comes same day as optimistic Microsoft earnings report
Today’s ongoing Azure outage hit the same day Microsoft reported its quarterly earnings.
Thankfully, company executives had some good news on the latter front.
Microsoft reported $77.7 billion in revenue, beating Wall Street predictions. It also saw better-than-expected growth in its Azure business of about 40 percent.
The company notched a 24 percent increase in operating income, too.
Josh Marcus29 October 2025 20:20
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