Microsoft Outage History

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Microsoft had 62 outages in the last 2 years totaling 295h 37m of downtime — averaging 2.5 incidents per month.

There were 62 Microsoft outages since November 13, 2024 totaling 295h 37m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.cloud.microsoft/ · Aggregated across Microsoft products

Major October 8, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Azure Data Factory – Pipeline/Activity Failures and Timeouts – UK South

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 08, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 08, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC
Duration
1h 30m
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. monitoring Oct 08, 2026, 09:58 AM UTC

    Azure Data Factory issues in UK SouthWe are aware of an issue affecting Azure Data Factory in UK South, where a subset of customers may experience failures, delays, or timeouts when running pipelines and activities, managing integration runtimes, or performing authoring operations. Our engineers are actively investigating the cause and impact.Workaround: Customers are advised to cancel and retry affected pipeline or activity runs that fail, time out, or remain in progress longer than expected.Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

  2. monitoring Oct 08, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue affecting Azure Data Factory in UK South, where a subset of customers may experience failures, delays, or timeouts when running pipelines and activities, managing integration runtimes, or performing authoring operations. Our engineers are actively investigating the cause and impact . Workaround: Customers are advised to cancel and retry affected pipeline or activity runs that fail, time out, or remain in progress longer than expected. Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

  3. monitoring Oct 08, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue affecting Azure Data Factory in UK South, where a subset of customers may experience failures, delays, or timeouts with pipeline and activity runs, integration runtime management, or authoring operations. Our engineers are actively working to determine the cause and impact.As a workaround, customers are advised to cancel and retry affected runs that fail, time out, or remain in progress longer than expected

  4. monitoring Oct 08, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue affecting Azure Data Factory in UK South, where a subset of customers may experience failures, delays, or timeouts with pipeline and activity runs, integration runtime management, or authoring operations. Our engineers are actively working to determine the cause and impact. As a workaround, customers are advised to cancel and retry affected runs that fail, time out, or remain in progress longer than expected.

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Major September 3, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Network Infrastructure impacting event in East US

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 03, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 03, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC
Duration
33m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Sep 03, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue affecting a subset of infrastructure within the East US region. Customers may experience service degradation for dependent Azure services. Our teams are actively investigating the cause and working to restore normal operations. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

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Major August 28, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Multiple Service impacted affecting West US Regions

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 28, 2026, 06:19 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 28, 2026, 07:01 AM UTC
Duration
41m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Aug 28, 2026, 06:19 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue impacting multiple Azure services in the West US regions. Engineering teams are actively assessing the scope and working to mitigate customer impact. Further updates will be shared as they become available

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Major August 25, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Mitigated: Connectivity Issues Affecting Azure Services in Southeast Asia

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 25, 2026, 04:36 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 25, 2026, 06:11 AM UTC
Duration
1h 35m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. monitoring Aug 25, 2026, 04:03 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue affecting a subset of infrastructure within the Southeast Asia region. Customers may experience connectivity issues or service degradation for dependent Azure services. Engineers are actively investigating the cause and working to restore normal operations. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

  2. monitoring Aug 25, 2026, 04:36 AM UTC

    We have observed recovery for a portion of the infrastructure affected by this issue within the Southeast Asia region. While many impacted services and resources have recovered, a subset of customers may continue to experience connectivity issues or service degradation for dependent Azure services. Engineers are actively working to restore the remaining impacted infrastructure and validate full service recovery.More information will be provided as it becomes available.

  3. resolved Aug 25, 2026, 06:09 AM UTC

    We have mitigated a power-related infrastructure issue that affected a subset of Azure services in Southeast Asia. Most services have recovered and are operating normally. A remaining issue affecting a single storage stamp is being tracked separately, and impacted customers are being communicated with through a dedicated tracking process.

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Major August 14, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Azure Portal access issues affecting Australia Regions

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 14, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 14, 2026, 06:22 AM UTC
Duration
54m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Aug 14, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue affecting access to the Azure portal in the Australia regions. Our engineers are actively investigating the cause and impact. Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

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Minor July 27, 2026 via Microsoft consumer products

Users may be unable to send messages after a recipient of a new chat accepts the request

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 27, 2026, 05:40 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 28, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
7h 20m
Affected: Microsoft Teams Free
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. monitoring Jul 28, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC

    User impact: Users may be unable to send new messages in Microsoft Teams Free. Current status: We're reviewing scenario telemetry logs to determine why users may be unable to send messages after a recipient of a new chat request accepts in Microsoft Teams Free. Next update by: Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 6:30 PM UTC

  2. monitoring Jul 28, 2026, 06:26 PM UTC

    User impact: Users may be unable to send new messages in Microsoft Teams Free. Current status: We've identified that the process which should occur when a user accepts a new chat isn't trigger as expected. We're continuing to review the scenario telemetry logs to identify why this process isn't completing to determine the root cause and a strategy that remediates impact. Next update by: Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 8:30 PM UTC

  3. monitoring Jul 28, 2026, 08:29 PM UTC

    User impact: Users may be unable to send new messages in Microsoft Teams Free. Current status: Our review of the scenario telemetry logs is taking longer than anticipated, but we're continuing to make progress in understanding the root cause and developing a strategy that remediates impact. Next update by: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 1:00 AM UTC

  4. monitoring Jul 29, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC

    User impact: Users may be unable to send new messages in Microsoft Teams Free. Current status: Current status: We’ve made changes to improve background processing and confirmed through internal monitoring that the impacted scenario is recovering. We’re continuing to monitor the recovery progress to confirm the issue is fully resolved. Next update by: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 10:00 AM UTC

  5. resolved Jul 29, 2026, 05:14 AM UTC

    User impact: Users may have been unable to send new messages in Microsoft Teams Free. Final status: We’ve confirmed after monitoring that this issue is fully resolved. Start time: Monday, July 27, 2026, at 5:40 PM UTC End time: Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 1:00 AM UTC This is the final update for the event.

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Major July 23, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Issues connecting to resources in West US

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 23, 2026, 08:24 PM UTC
Duration
3h 55m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Jul 23, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC

    We are investigating a networking issue affecting connectivity to Azure services in the West US region. Impacted customers may experience intermittent connectivity failures, increased latency, or difficulty accessing Azure services. Customers with traffic traversing the West US region may also experience downstream impact. We are exploring mitigation options on affected network devices. Early indications suggest the issue is related to network traffic flow through the impacted infrastructure; however our analysis remains ongoing. We are closely monitoring traffic while continuing our investigation. We will provide additional information as it becomes available.

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Major July 8, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

GitHub Issue

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 08, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 08, 2026, 09:52 PM UTC
Duration
2h 4m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Jul 08, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC

    GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency is experiencing a service outage impacting all services, issue identified and mitigation in progress. For details please go here: : https://us.githubstatus.com/posts/details/PBJ0QTY

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Minor July 8, 2026 via Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise)

Users can't build or edit agents within Microsoft 365 Copilot

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 08, 2026, 06:20 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 08, 2026, 06:20 PM UTC
Duration
—
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jul 08, 2026, 06:20 PM UTC

    User impact: Users are unable to build or edit agents within Microsoft Copilot. Final status: The investigation is complete and we've determined the service is healthy. A service incident didn't actually occur. This communication will expire in 24 hours. This is the final update for the event.

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Minor July 8, 2026 via Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise)

Users experience service quality issues in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 08, 2026, 06:09 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 09, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC
Duration
1d
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Jul 08, 2026, 06:09 PM UTC

    User impact: Users are experiencing issues in the service. Current status: We're investigating a potential issue with the Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 and are checking for impact to your organization. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes.

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Minor June 26, 2026 via Microsoft consumer products

Users may be unable to access or sign in to Microsoft Teams Free on iOS devices

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 26, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 28, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC
Duration
1d 2h
Affected: Microsoft Teams Free
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Jun 26, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC

    User impact: Users may be unable to access or sign in to Microsoft Teams Free on iOS devices. Current status: We're investigating a potential Microsoft Teams Free issue in which users may be unable to access or sign in to the service on iOS devices and will provide an update in 30 minutes.

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Minor June 25, 2026 via Microsoft consumer products

Users may be unable to access or sign in to Microsoft Teams Free on iOS or Android mobile devices

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 25, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 27, 2026, 01:16 AM UTC
Duration
1d 6h
Affected: Microsoft Teams Free
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Jun 26, 2026, 09:49 PM UTC

    User impact: Users may be unable to access or sign in to Microsoft Teams Free on iOS or Android mobile devices. Current status: We've determined that this issue is due to a recent change that included a reference to a deprecated token for mobile devices. We're reverting this offending change to mitigate impact. Start time: Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 7:00 PM UTC Next update by: Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 1:30 AM UTC

  2. resolved Jun 27, 2026, 01:16 AM UTC

    User impact: Users may have been unable to access or sign in to Microsoft Teams Free on iOS or Android mobile devices. Final status: We’ve successfully reverted the offending change and confirmed with service telemetry that this issue was resolved by our actions. Start time: Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 7:00 PM UTC End time: Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 1:16 AM UTC This is the final update for the event.

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Major June 15, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Mitigated – Customers leveraging a subset of services may experience 401 authentication errors

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 15, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 16, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC
Duration
25m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Jun 15, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC

    Impact Statement: Starting at 21:45 UTC on 15 June 2026, a subset of Azure customers leveraging services which depend upon MCR (Microsoft Container Registry) for storing images may experience 401 authentication errors for requests attempting to pull Microsoft images from mcr.microsoft.com.Current Status: We detected this issue via internal service monitoring upon identifying a spike of 401 errors. We’ve identified a potential underlying factor to be a recent update which introduced a code regression, and we've completed roll out of a hotfix to address the code regression and mitigate impact for affected customers. We are closely monitoring internal telemetry to validate full mitigation and prevent further occurrences. The next update will be provided within 60 minutes, or as events warrant.

  2. resolved Jun 16, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC

    What happened?Between 21:45 UTC and 23:23 UTC on 15 June 2026, Azure customers leveraging services which depend upon Microsoft Artifact Registry (MAR) may have experienced 401 authentication errors when attempting to pull images from MAR . This incident is now mitigated. Further details will be provided directly to impacted customers through the Azure Portal.

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Major June 15, 2026 via Microsoft Azure

Investigating a spike in 401 authentication errors

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 15, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 15, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC
Duration
45m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Jun 15, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC

    We are actively investigating customer alerts of 401 authentication errors when pulling images from mcr.microsoft.com. We’ve identified a potential underlying factor related to a recent update made to a backed service and we are actively working on determining mitigation workstreams. More information will be provided shortly.

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Minor June 1, 2026 via Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise)

Investigating user reports of Microsoft 365 Copilot issues

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 02, 2026, 05:42 PM UTC
Duration
1d 2h
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Jun 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC

    User impact: We don't have details on impact yet. We're seeing an increase in user reported issues above our alerting threshold. Current status: We are reviewing service telemetry and available information to determine if there is an issue happening and we'll update this message shortly with our latest findings. This communication serves as a preliminary notification about a potential issue affecting your service.

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