Hours later, numerous Microsoft Azure and end-user-facing services are still down, and it appears they'll be out for hours more.

Microsoft confirmed a global Azure outage on October 29 caused by a configuration change error, disrupting major services like Outlook, Xbox, and Microsoft 365 worldwide.

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is an excellent Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for developers, business analysts, and database administrators given its ease of use and exemplary controls. Microsoft Azure SQL Database pricing is staged across Elastic ...

SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft announced today. SQL Server 2022, which becomes ...

Microsoft's announcement of its Windows Azure spring update included a lot of moving parts. One that didn't get as much attention as it deserved was the the general availability of reporting services for the Azure cloud. Windows Azure SQL Reporting is the ...

Azure Front Door service outage disrupts airlines and other online services Microsoft Azure has been experiencing a global outage since around 1600 UTC, or 0900 PDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.… The company expects that services will be fully restored by 23:20 UTC,