cause of Microsoft’s global cloud services outage revealed…

On Tuesday, July 30, a global disruption affected Microsoft services linked to the Azure cloud platform. The outage initially impacted Microsoft 365 products and later extended to Admin Center, Intune, Entra, and Power Platform services. Microsoft identified the cause as a DDoS attack, with an error in their configuration exacerbating the issue by overloading Azure. The outage lasted around eight hours, with services fully restored by the evening.

Earlier in the month, Microsoft faced additional challenges, including a faulty CrowdStrike update causing global IT system outages, boot loop issues with a Windows 10 update, and BitLocker recovery problems with a Windows 11 update. These incidents have added to user frustration and negatively impacted Microsoft’s image, despite the company’s ambitions for Azure and recent quarterly reports showing less-than-expected growth.

This summary is based on an article from PC-WELT, translated and localized from German.