Wed, 29 Oct 2025

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

* Websites for Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft returned to service
* Thousands of reports of issues with websites around the world due to Microsoft outage
* Microsoft said "DNS issues" caused the problem, same as Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage last week
* Business customers using Microsoft 365 experienced delays with Outlook and other services
* UK companies impacted include Asda, M&S, O2, supermarket Tesco was not mentioned but was in original report
* Starbucks and Kroger websites were also affected in the US
* NatWest's website was temporarily unavailable but mobile banking and customer services remained accessible
* Scottish Parliament suspended business due to technical issues with online voting system
* Business at parliament was suspended due to Microsoft outage, which caused a postponement of debate over land reform legislation
* The concentration of cloud services into few companies like Microsoft means an outage can "cripple hundreds, if not thousands of applications and systems"
* Recent outages have laid bare the fragility of modern-day internet
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