Advisory: Microsoft Outage

 We are currently monitoring reports of the network infrastructure outages that are affecting Microsoft 365 and Azure services. We are aware of the impact, and are monitoring the situation closely.  

Azure is currently experiencing a widespread outage that is affecting many of its services and regions. This includes UK West and UK South. The outage started at around 12:00 UTC and is ongoing. Azure engineers have identified multiple workstreams and are performing failover operations to mitigate impact. You can view live updates for the issue here: Azure status. 

How does it affect you? 

This outage can affect your Microsoft 365 resources, access to data, applications, and resources hosted on Azure, as well as access to the Azure portal itself. You may be unable to access these services for the duration of the outage. Some of the affected services include Azure Active Directory, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Event Hubs. 

What should you do? 

If you are a customer and are experiencing issues in your environment caused by this outage, please report these to the Service Desk (support@transparity.com or 01202 800001). We will assist you with triage and escalation as needed. 

If you are not a customer and you need support, please reach out via our contact page or call 01202 139262 and we will be happy to help.