An Azure outage is affecting Microsoft 365, Xbox and Minecraft
October 29, 2025
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SkillMX Editorial Desk
Microsoft's Azure cloud service is experiencing an outage that appears to have hit Microsoft 365, Xbox and Minecraft. All three show spikes in outage reports on DownDetector around 12PM ET, and the Azure status page indicates Microsoft is dealing with issues with Azure Portal access.