Microsoft Azure network issues resolved [Video]

Microsoft appears to have resolved the issues with its Azure network infrastructure that impacted users around the world on Tuesday.

The Azure status page that had tracked the network problems throughout the day updated around 5 p.m. ET to state there are currently no active events.

Microsoft said the connectivity issues started at around 7:45 a.m. ET Tuesday morning, while Downdetector.ca showed an increase in error reports at around 7:30 a.m. ET.

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“An unexpected usage spike resulted in Azure Front Door (AFD) and Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) components performing below acceptable thresholds, leading to intermittent errors, timeout and latency spikes,” an online advisory published by Microsoft stated.

In a post on X, Microsoft 365 noted a “degraded performance” with several of its services and features. Two hours later, it said it “applied mitigations and rerouted user requests to provide relief.”

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