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🛠️ We experienced a Storage incident in Central US which had downstream impact to a number of Azure services. This is currently mitigated, however we are still in the process of validating recovery to a small percentage of those downstream services. This was communicated to
⚠️We are currently investigating a networking issue impacting connectivity to Azure for a subset of users. More information will be provided as it becomes available. For more information, please refer to
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We are investigating reports of issues connecting to Microsoft services in Europe. More details will be provided as they become available on the Azure status page at .
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Engineers are actively investigating an ongoing issue affecting Azure Active Directory, when Multi-Factor Authentication is required by policy. Please refer to for updates.
Engineers are still working on the resolution of an issue affecting resources in South Central US. Engineers are actively monitoring for impact to other regions also. For continued updates please visit the Azure status page at
⚠️We are investigating customer reports of a potential issue connecting to Microsoft services from AT&T networks. More details will be provided as they become available.
Engineers are working on recovering services in South Central US. Resources in other regions may experience downstream impact including authentication with AAD. Please refer to your portal and for updates. Next update in 60 minutes or as events warrant.
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⚠️Engineers are currently investigating an issue impacting Storage and Virtual Machines in UK South. More information can be found on the Azure Status page at
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Engineers have confirmed that an issue that impacted Azure AD Authentication in the Azure Public and Azure Government clouds is now mitigated. A detailed resolution statement has been posted to the Azure Status History page at .
We have applied mitigation steps for an issue impacting Azure AD Authentication, and most customers should see signs of recovery at this time. More information and updates can be found on the Azure Status page at
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Engineers have restored power to the datacenter and recovered a majority of network devices. Some services are starting to see signs of recovery, mitigation efforts continue. Updates: Portal - Status Page - and/or Twitter.
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⚠️Engineers are currently investigating an issue impacting the users ability to access the Azure portal. More information can be found on the Azure Status page here:
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🛠️Engineers have confirmed the the issue impacting Azure Active Directory has been mitigated. A detailed resolution statement can be found in the Status History at
⚠️We are currently working on mitigation for a power event in the Southeast Asia region which is causing downstream impact to Azure services. Further details will be provided as they become available. For more information, please refer to .
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⚠️ Engineers are currently investigating DNS resolution issues affecting network connectivity to Azure services. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
⚠️We are investigating reports of customers having issues accessing the Azure portal in UK regions. More details will be provided on the Azure status page at .
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⚠️Engineers are currently investigating reports of customers in UK regions facing issues accessing the Azure Portal and other downstream services. More information will be provided as known.
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⚠️ Engineers are investigating an issue impacting access to Azure Portal resources. More information and updates can be found on the Azure Status page at
⚠️Engineers are aware of an issue affecting Role-Based Access Control and logins to the Azure Portal and are actively investigating. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
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For more complex problems, contact Microsoft Support.
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Reminder🔔Azure services are updating to use TLS certificates from a different set of Root CAs. Take action and review your apps to avoid service interruptions. See for guidance