Microsoft is reportedly experiencing another server down issue with its online services that affected several of its suite of applications including Azure, Teams, OneDrive, Skype, and its Xbox Live subscription service on Thursday, April 1. People have been speculating if the outage was part of an April Fool's Day joke by Microsoft, but it is a legitimate technical issue within the company.
Microsoft Server Outage: April Fools or Legit?
Yes, April Fool's Day is not yet over and different people (or companies) may try to catch up with the festivities and pranks but this is not the case from Microsoft's recent outage that has plagued users of various apps. Earlier last month, Microsoft has experienced a similar server outage but it was because of the Azure servers that shut off.
In this case, Microsoft has discovered that it was their DNS server (Domain Name System) that was having the problem and the company's Twitter status page (@MSFT365Status) has recently updated it as of 7:16 pm Eastern Time. Here, the company resolved several issues, which they expect to be the fix among its suite that got affected with the outage.
We rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities and are seeing improvement in service availability. We're managing multiple workstreams to validate recovery and apply necessary mitigation steps to ensure complete network recovery.
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) April 1, 2021
Initially, Microsoft's server status website was affected by the outage and the company cannot give an appropriate update via their official outlet as the issue was progressing and taking place. Good thing is that the company was able to locate the problem which lies with the DNS, and has begun restoring its services for users of their platforms.
What Microsoft Apps Were Affected by the Server Down Issues?
The various users of Microsoft's services were taking the rants and complaints via Twitter's platform, identifying the different applications that were afflicted by the extensive server status. According to a user called "GhostfromTexas" (@GhostfromTexas), it was a major outage on Microsoft's end which affected services such as Teams, Skype, Outlook, OneDrive, and the entire Office 365 apps.
Major Outage happening with @Microsoft services. Might be regional
— GhostPlaysDead (@GhostPlaysDead) April 1, 2021
❌Azure
❌Teams
❌Office365
❌Xbox Live
❌Outlook
❌OneDrive
❌Skype
Games That seem to be down
❌Sea of Thieves
❌Rocket League
❌Minecraft Servers
❌Forza
❌Fortnite
❌Call of Duty pic.twitter.com/fWlRiZhiRy
Here, the Twitter user has also identified the different games via the Xbox Live platform which were affected by the issues, which the Redmond giant takes full account of and not the game's servers and developers. Games such as "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege," "Rocket League," "Minecraft," "Fortnite," and "Call of Duty" were affected by the issue.
Microsoft's Xbox Support status website has revealed that people had a hard time accessing and logging in via their accounts, with some losing their current games due to the server down issues that were faced by Azure. Currently, Xbox users cannot access their accounts and profile, along with the other online accessible services and games in the platform.
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Written by Isaiah Alonzo
