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Microsoft users warned to be 'vigilant' after major outage
The gremlins began at around 4pm GMT, leaving numerous services, including Outlook, Minecraft, Xbox and Microsoft's Store, with login and access problems
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Major Microsoft outage takes down Office 365, Xbox Live, and cloud services worldwide
Microsoft’s Azure cloud network faced a major disruption Wednesday, knocking out access to popular platforms including Office 365, Minecraft, and Xbox Live. The issue, which Microsoft linked to its global content delivery system, has exposed the scale of dependence on the company’s traffic-routing backbone.
Microsoft acknowledged the outages on its social media accounts. Because many websites and apps rely on Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, outages of this kind can have widespread impact. Reports on the outage-tracking website Downdetector showed users experiencing problems with Office 365,
Microsoft has issued an emergency Windows server security patch to fix a critical severity flaw apparently abused in the wild. As part of its most recent Patch Tuesday cumulative update (October 14, 2025), Microsoft addressed CVE-2025-59287, a “deserialization of untrusted data” flaw found in Windows Server Update Service (WSUS).