"Websites for Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft returned to service late on Wednesday after experiencing problems amid a global Microsoft outage. Outage tracker Downdetector showed thousands of reports of issues with a number of websites around the world over several hours. Microsoft said some users of Microsoft 365 saw delays with Outlook among other services, but by 21:00GMT, many websites that went down were once again accessible after the company restored a prior update."
"The company's Azure cloud computing platform, which underpins large parts of the internet, had reported a "degradation of some services" at 16:00 GMT. It said this was due to "DNS issues" - the same root cause of the huge Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage last week. Amazon said AWS was operating normally. Other sites that were impacted in the UK include supermarket Asda, M&S, and mobile phone operator O2 - while in the US, people reported issues accessing the websites of coffee chain Starbucks and retailer Kroger."
Multiple major websites including Heathrow, NatWest, Minecraft, Asda, M&S, O2, Starbucks and Kroger experienced access problems amid a Microsoft outage. Downdetector recorded thousands of reports across several hours. Microsoft said some Microsoft 365 users experienced delays with Outlook and other services. Azure reported a "degradation of some services" linked to "DNS issues", the same root cause cited for a recent AWS outage. Microsoft restored a prior update and by 21:00 GMT many previously inaccessible sites were available again. Some Microsoft pages displayed error notifications and access to the status page was limited. Which? advised consumers to keep evidence of failed or delayed payments.
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