Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform is enduring an outage that is affecting many Microsoft services ahead of its scheduled quarterly earnings report.

As Microsoft reported its earnings at 4PM ET, its main website continued to load slowly, and the outage is not yet resolved. At 12:25PM ET, Microsoft 365’s status account on X s

Impacted platforms included Microsoft 365, Xbox, Outlook, Starbucks, Costco, Kroger, Blackbaud, and Minecraft. Social media users vented frustration, with some highlighting the risks of centralized internet infrastructure.

Downdetector shows fewer reports of 365 product disruptions, but Minecraft and Xbox outage reports remain elevated.

An outage on Microsoft's Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including Alaska Airlines, Xbox users and 365 subscribers.

A global outage of Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud service is impacting operations of Alaska Air Group Inc., less than a week after the carrier canceled flights due to a data system failure.

Microsoft said on Wednesday they are investigating an issue in which Microsoft 365 Cloud and Office.com were reported to be inaccessible.

Tens of thousands of users reported experiencing outages with Microsoft Azure, the tech giant’s cloud platform, Wednesday afternoon, according to DownDetector. Users of Minecraft, Xbox, and Microsoft 365 — all owned by the tech giant — reported issues accessing websites.