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- Users have reported widespread service failures for Microsoft products and platforms, including Office 365, Teams, Azure, and Bing.
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On Thursday, users of Microsoft's Office 365, Azure, Bing, and Teams platforms and products reported mass outages and failures, according to the site DownDetector.com.
-Pete Brown (@pjb_media) April 1, 2021
An official status page for Microsoft Office 365, the company's email suite, showed that the service was down and the status for Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing service, was described as an "emerging issue," which is being investigated.
-Azure Support (@AzureSupport) April 1, 2021
Microsoft Azure's official Twitter account tweeted, "We are aware of an issue affecting the Azure Portal and Azure services."
A Twitter account monitoring Microsoft Office 365's status tweeted, "We're investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Microsoft 365 services and features," adding a few minutes later that, "We're investigating a potential DNS issue and are evaluating our mitigation options."
-Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) April 1, 2021
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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