Microsoft Cloud Service Outage Affects Thousands of Users, AWS and Google Also Report Issues

On Thursday, Microsoft experienced a widespread service outage affecting thousands of users across multiple regions, primarily impacting Microsoft 365 services and Outlook. The outage began shortly before 2 AM Beijing time on the 13th. A Microsoft spokesperson stated that they are aware of the situation and are investigating, with issues mainly concentrated on Exchange Online. Initially, Microsoft mentioned on social media that the connectivity issues might be caused by some infrastructure being overloaded in several regions. Subsequently, Microsoft confirmed that the increased load was due to some servers unexpectedly becoming unavailable, leading to increased pressure on the remaining infrastructure. At the same time, users of Amazon Web Services and Google also reported service interruption issues.

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