Microsoft has been hit by a global outage this morning that has primarily impacted the Microsoft 365 suite but has expanded to cover everything from cloud infrastructure to XBOX services. Users on social media and platforms like Down Detector are reporting widespread XBOX issues preventing them from signing in and accessing anything stored in the cloud.
Additionally, XBOX Cloud Gaming is reportedly impacted, with users facing lengthy queues or ejections from the service. Microsoft has notified the global technology community that it’s working on mitigating and eventually resolving the incident.
Microsoft Hit By Global Outage That Also Strikes XBOX
Earlier today (Friday 13th!), Microsoft announced an incident that had impacted the 365 estate, knocking out services for both businesses and the average end consumer.
Per the Microsoft Service Health Status page, widespread service degradation was being recorded across Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise) and Microsoft consumer products.
While the XBOX Service Status page was showing all green with no noticeable issues, other platforms begged to differ. On social media, users were reporting being signed out of their XBOX accounts, facing issues loading digital games, accessing the XBOX Cloud Gaming service, or retrieving saves stored in the cloud.
The global impact being caused by this issue is extensive. Around the world, we’re seeing police forces, medical facilities, airports, banks, and just about every other kind of large-scale business or industry reporting issues tied to the Microsoft outage.
The most recent update from Microsoft suggests that fixes expected to improve the services aren’t going quite as expected, suggesting a complex issue is at play.
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