Internet users were left in the dark Wednesday as problems with Microsoft services triggered widespread outages across popular sites, like Xbox, Kroger, and Starbucks. Tens of thousands of users reported experiencing outages with Microsoft Azure, the tech giant’s cloud platform, Wednesday afternoon, according to DownDetector.

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Businesses and platforms using the cloud computing services reported widespread issues, from Microsoft 365 to Xbox to Alaska Airlines.

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Each week of this month has seen a mass internet outage, from Vodafone, to Amazon Web Services and most recently Microsoft's Azure

Microsoft saw its Azure cloud business grow 40% in the September quarter, above the 38% rate analysts were expecting, and in line with the 40% "whisper" number on Wall Street. Azure growth had been 39% in the June quarter.