{"id":2300,"date":"2024-07-30T14:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/microsoft-apologises-after-thousands-report-new-outage\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:41:49","slug":"microsoft-apologises-after-thousands-report-new-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/microsoft-apologises-after-thousands-report-new-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft apologises after thousands report new outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft apologises after thousands report new outage<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-n52i91-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Microsoft logo outside a building at night\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MxPtWi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/8c6a\/live\/f7380690-4e7c-11ef-ba22-a972f50cc540.jpg 976w\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152.08238575413\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"metadata-block\" class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2024-07-30T14:28:34.553Z\">13 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Technology giant Microsoft has apologised after thousands in the UK reported issues with its products, ranging from email service Outlook to the hit game Minecraft.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed thousands had reported problems on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The incident comes less than two weeks after a major global IT outage left millions of computers inaccessible, impacting healthcare and travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Microsoft said it was &#8220;investigating reports of issues connecting to Microsoft services globally&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience,&#8221; it said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our experts are currently investigating the situation in order to resolve it as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An alert on the technology giant&#8217;s service status website on Tuesday said it was looking into a &#8220;network infrastructure&#8221; issue that was impacting access to Microsoft Azure &#8211; the cloud computing platform behind many of its services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:28:34 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft apologises after thousands report new outage Reuters 13 minutes ago Technology giant Microsoft has apologised after thousands in the UK reported issues with its products, ranging from email service Outlook to the hit game Minecraft. Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed thousands had reported problems on Tuesday afternoon. 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