Microsoft’s cloud service has experienced yet another outage, following a previous IT failure that caused widespread disruption. Cambridge Water, in a post on X, announced that some of its services were down this afternoon due to a problem with the company’s website, which was caused by “worldwide issues with Microsoft Azure”. Microsoft has acknowledged the reports of user problems and stated that they are currently investigating the issue.
“We are investigating reports of issues connecting to Microsoft services globally,” the company said. However, they later announced that they had implemented a fix which appeared to be resolving the problem, with “improvement in service availability” and continued monitoring to ensure full recovery. Despite this, the service status website still showed ongoing global issues.
According to DownDetector, a website that tracks IT service problems, thousands of users reported issues with Microsoft services. Other websites, such as creative portfolio site Fabrik and medical employment site Thalamus, also reported problems as their services rely on Microsoft Azure.
This latest outage comes less than two weeks after a major IT failure caused global disruptions in various industries, including transportation and healthcare. The incident was caused by a flawed software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which affected Microsoft devices. In the aftermath, US airline Delta is reportedly seeking compensation from both CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the thousands of cancelled flights and stranded travelers. Delta, which has been one of the slowest airlines to recover from the IT outage, has cancelled over 6,000 flights.
The news of Delta seeking compensation has had an impact on CrowdStrike, as their shares dropped by more than 8% on Tuesday. The company has not yet issued a statement regarding the situation. As for Microsoft, they are continuing to investigate the ongoing issues with their cloud service and working towards a full recovery.
