Summary
Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are facing outages, affecting many websites and online services. This has caused problems for millions of users and businesses around the world. Engineers are looking into the issues, but the root causes are not fully clear yet.
Key Facts
- Microsoft Azure and AWS are both experiencing outages at the same time.
- The outages are affecting many websites and services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Outlook.
- Microsoft reports that a problem with DNS, which helps direct internet traffic, is causing issues with Azure.
- AWS has not yet shared the reason for its outage, which is its second in less than ten days.
- Over 4 million companies, including 90% of Fortune 100 firms, rely on AWS, while Azure supports over 550,000 organizations.
- The outages highlight the risks of relying heavily on a few major cloud service providers.
- Downdetector, a service that tracks website outages, noticed a spike in problems starting around 11:30 a.m. ET.
- Engineers from both companies are investigating if the outages are linked but have not confirmed any connection.
