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Microsoft appears to have resolved Azure network problems

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Microsoft appears to have resolved the issues with its Azure network infrastructure that impacted users around the world on Tuesday.

The Azure status page that had tracked the network problems throughout the day updated around 5 p.m. ET to state there are currently no active events.

Microsoft said the connectivity issues started at around 7:45 a.m. ET Tuesday morning, while Downdetector.ca showed an increase in error reports at around 7:30 a.m. ET.

"An unexpected usage spike resulted in Azure Front Door (AFD) and Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) components performing below acceptable thresholds, leading to intermittent errors, timeout and latency spikes," an online advisory published by Microsoft stated.

In a post on X, Microsoft 365 noted a "degraded performance" with several of its services and features. Two hours later, it said it "applied mitigations and rerouted user requests to provide relief."

Microsoft addressed the problem in phases, first targeting the Asia-Pacific region, then expanding out to other regions. By 4:20 p.m., the tech company reported the "vast majority" of customers and services were "fully mitigated." The service disruption appeared to be resolved by around 5 p.m. 

Earlier this month, millions of computers operating on Windows crashed after cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike released a software update. The global outage impacted 8.5 million devices, grounded several flights and left customers without access to critical services like banking and health care.

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