If you can't log into Azure, Teams or Xbox Live right now: Microsoft cloud services in worldwide outage

Unlucky netizens are right now unable to log into Microsoft's online services, including Azure, Teams, Dynamics, and Xbox Live, due to an ongoing global outage. The IT breakdown is blamed on a DNS issue, and started an hour and a half ago at time of writing. According to the Windows giant's status page: DNS issue impacting …

[Michael Hoffmann]

It's *always* DNS.

[Anonymous Custard]

I think it's Cortana making a pre-emptive stike to try and secure her future...

[chuckufarley]

25 years after...

...I decided the I would never again willfully deploy a Microsoft branded DNS server this stuff is still happening. Good job Microsoft! You are still such so influential that systemd's resolved is following in your footsteps!

It's one thing to reinvent the wheel but it takes a special kind of idiot to reinvent the cube and call it a wheel.

[Red Ted]

Re: 25 years after...

Because neither Amazon or Google (or many other non MS DNS) have ever ****ed up their DNS in a very public way at all in the last last 25 years?

[KLane]

Tell me again...

The advantages of Cloud Computing are?

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Re: Tell me again...

None of this new fangled Distributed Name Server stuff for me - I keep a list of sites I want to visit locally.

I update it once a year when my copy of the whole internet guide is delivered

[stuartnz]

Re: Tell me again...

Hands up if "don't google Google" came to mind after reading the above post. (apt, since many El Reg longtimers probably ARE The Elders of the Internet)

[Cliffwilliams44]

Re: Tell me again...

I'll bet Jen dropped the box with red light on top on her way to her presentaion!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Tell me again...

Oh fuck.

[Plest]

Re: Tell me again...

For heaven's sake! Alright there Grandad, back to your staring window there's a good lad.

[AndrewCappo]

Re: Tell me again...

the advantage is that someone else is responsible for operation. the disadvantage is that someone else is responsible for operation.

[RegGuy1]

Re: Tell me again...

The advantages of Cloud Computing are?

... yet another way to con the gullible out of more money.

[Anonymous Coward]

DNS and certificates, two things people find really difficult to manage. What this shows me though is being region independent isn’t enough, not sure I’d want to base my app on AzureAD.

[Cliffwilliams44]

One thing to note, they did state "we are seeing increased traffic to out DNS servers." Was that just people desperately trying to get in or was it a DOS attack on their DNS infrastructure!

[Anonymous Coward]

... or DNS running on DOS?

[Mr Dogshit]

Don't use DNS

Just use a hosts file instead.

[David 132]

Re: Don't use DNS

Wuss.

Just ‘cos you’re incapable of remembering IP addresses for every site you visit!

[Brewster's Angle Grinder]

Re: Don't use DNS

Every site I want to visit is at 192.168.0.1

[Confuciousmobil]

I found this useful guide

http://jdeconsulting.com/

[Pascal Monett]

Re: I found this useful guide

Heh, good one.

[Colonel Mad]

Logged in to Xbox Live OK just now

[IGotOut]

Well at least you gave something to do while you wait for O365 to come back online.

<Ring Ring>

"No boss, still down for me..."

"...Yes just because yours is up, doesn't mean everyones is up. ."

"...no its true. Just look up "How long does DNS replication take in the internet""

"...see yes up to 48 hours. Sure thing, I'll let you know the minute mine is back up"

<Click>

Pew Pew Pew.

[Ken Moorhouse]

Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

Why didn't they start with the resilient ones in the first place?

[Anonymous Custard]

Re: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

Google said no?

[nematoad]

...Xbox Live, Office 356, and Teams.

Yes, that Office 356 sounds about right!

A Freudian slip or just telling how it is?

[Howard Sway]

CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

Which rather begs the question why it was previously being routed through your non-resilient DNS capabilities.

[IGotOut]

Re: CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

Because that means running TWO 486SX's at the same time.

[Jakester]

Re: CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

Because that means running TWO 486SX's at the same time.

.... when did we upgrade from the 386's??

[AndrueC]

Re: CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

To be fair, getting replacement Z80s is becoming a problem.

[David 132]

Re: CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

Hey now, be fair, it was only last year that they learned to put their DNS server ZX81 into FAST mode!

[Phil O'Sophical]

Re: CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

when did we upgrade from the 386's??

When we had to move to Windows XP

[Aus Tech]

Re: CURRENT STATUS: Microsoft rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities

"Because that means running TWO 486SX's at the same time."

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, please tell me when to stop laughing!

[Cliffwilliams44]

"though Azure's government cloud and its services in China are unaffected."

Interesting!

[plunet]

As it was a DNS based outage, it's not entirely surprising that DNS is a separate infrastructure for Azure in China. DNS is one of the methods the motherland imposes at a technical to limit access to some internet resources outside the country. Other methods are also in use.

[FrenchFries!]

Azure DNS

Azure DNS has an SLA of 100%

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/dns/v1_1/

This is Microsoft's second major 'cloudy' outage in less than 30 days.

What a bunch of twats!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Azure DNS

And by their definition they are at 100%, the 100% SLA is that a response is recieved, doesn't need to be correct, just a response from the dns server.

[Ken Moorhouse]

Microsoft DNS

DNS in this context is an abbeviation for Do Not Suscitate.