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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,
Are you having trouble while logging on to Microsoft services and Amazon Web Services? You’re not alone. Thousands of users across the U.S. are reporting major outages affecting both platforms.On Wednesday,
Amazon.com, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) AWS and Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure are experiencing simultaneous outages on Wednesday that are disrupting internet services for major companies worldwide.
Be that as it may, in its latest quarterly report, which came after the bell on the same day, Microsoft reported that it beat Wall Street estimates and that Azure's income grew by about 40%. Still, with this ongoing failure and Microsoft admitting that it can't keep up with AI and cloud demands, Microsoft's stock sank lower in after-market trading.
On October 20, Amazon Web Services faced a major outage that affected platforms including Snapchat, McDonald's, Venmo, Fortnite, Disney+ and others.