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Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by EvanAnderson on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:18PM (#50471690)
https://status.cloud.microsoft/ is very slow to load.

Text says:

User impact: Users may be unable to connect to their mailboxes in Exchange Online through multiple connection methods.

More info: Potentially impacted connection methods may include: - Outlook on the web - Messaging API (MAPI) - Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) - Representational State Transfer (REST) API

Current status: We’ve identified connectivity errors occurring on a portion of Exchange Online infrastructure which receives and processes users’ access requests. We’ve collected networking logs to review to further investigate the source of these errors and confirm our next steps.

Scope of impact: This issue may affect users attempting to access their mailbox in Exchange Online using the affected connection methods.

Next update by: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 8:00 PM UTC

Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by vachina on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:23PM (#50471792)
502 The service behind this page isn't responding to Azure Front Door.
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by nazgulsenpai on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:25PM (#50471818)
I was assured that with cloud we wouldn't have a single point of failure like we did on-premise. I must have fallen asleep at my desk.
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by lajy on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:20PM (#50471710)
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by Aboutplants on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:22PM (#50471759)
A whole host of services are being effected. First glance, perhaps an AWS issue
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by testplzignore on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:18PM (#50471685)
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by neilsimp1 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:18PM (#50471695)
Down for our whole organization as well.
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by Aboutplants on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:22PM (#50471766)
Same here
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by Waterluvian on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:19PM (#50471700)
The M365 status page not loading reminds me of one of my favourite Simpsons jokes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hz2uOSdV24
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:22PM (#50471756)
Seeing multiple O365 tenants down hard, email, Teams, etc.
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by duxup on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:23PM (#50471785)
Same for me. Status won’t load even.
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by bix6 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:26PM (#50471836)
Down
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by LtdJorge on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:26PM (#50471845)
Our Outlook doesn't work either
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by sonicrocketman on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:30PM (#50471898)
Downdetector says LOTS of stuff is down. https://downdetector.com
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by SomeonesAccount on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:32PM (#50471930)
Damn. That is crazy. The curve kinda looks like the curve that happens every november to the Google searches of "all I want for christmas is you"
Re:Ask HN: Microsoft/Azure Outage? by NichoPaolucci on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:32PM (#50471944)
Isn't this the company that is trying to get rid of 25% of their employees?

Status page is down. Much of our org is halted.

Fingers crossed that Azure isn't impacted (seems fine so far)

(https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-makes-new-voluntary-...)