Your cloud service Microsoft has been hit by another outage, just weeks after the company’s IT services failure brought the world to a standstill.
In a post on X, Cambridge Water said some of its services were down this afternoon.
“Due to global issues with Microsoft Azure, an issue with our website is affecting several services including MyAccount and PayNow,” the water company said.
What did Microsoft respond?
Microsoft said it was investigating reports of issues from users, saying: “We are investigating reports of issues connecting to Microsoft services around the world.
The company then announced that it had implemented a fix that appeared to resolve the issue, saying there had been an “improvement in service availability” and that it was “continuing to monitor to ensure a full recovery.”
We’re sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues with our services. Our experts are currently investigating the situation to resolve it as quickly as possible. You can find updates here: https://t.co/w2r5lZVNSQWe sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.
– Microsoft Support (@MicrosoftHelps) July 30, 2024
However, the service status website still showed global issues.
Thousands of problems have been reported by users of DownDetector, a website that tracks problems in IT services.
Other sites, such as creative portfolio site Fabrik and medical jobs site Thalamus, said they were facing issues as their services run on Microsoft Azure.
Shortly after the global blackout
The incident comes less than two weeks after a massive outage crippled global infrastructure, including transportation and healthcare services, because a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected Microsoft devices.
After thousands of flights were cancelled around the world, US airline Delta plans to seek compensation from both CrowdStrike and Microsoft.