Microsoft confirmed a global Azure outage on October 29 caused by a configuration change error, disrupting major services like Outlook, Xbox, and Microsoft 365 worldwide.

Hours later, numerous Microsoft Azure and end-user-facing services are still down, and it appears they'll be out for hours more.

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SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft announced today. SQL Server 2022, which becomes ...

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of database concepts in a cloud environment, get basic skilling in cloud data services, and build your foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. You will explore relational data ...

Azure Front Door service outage disrupts airlines and other online services Microsoft Azure has been experiencing a global outage since around 1600 UTC, or 0900 PDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.… The company expects that services will be fully restored by 23:20 UTC,