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Microsoft Azure status. Is Microsoft Azure down right now?

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Is Microsoft Azure down?

Microsoft Azure is working normally

IsDown checked Microsoft Azure status on at , and appears to be operational. We've received 4 user reports in the past 24 hours. IsDown collects in real-time Microsoft Azure status data from official sources and user reports.

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Monitoring since Dec 2021 · 180 incidents caught · 5,884 components tracked in real-time

Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Number of user-reported issues for Microsoft Azure over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

Microsoft Azure Outage Map

See where Microsoft Azure users are reporting performance issues or even downtime. The map shows recent reports from around the world.

Top locations, last 24h:

  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Microsoft Azure Outages Map

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Recent outage reports

See what users are saying about Microsoft Azure issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage.

  • Pawel - All my app services are unavailable.

    UK South

  • Joe - I can see this in the Azure Portal: Active: Active - App Service intermittent availability issues in UK South.

    UK South

  • Alin - Managed DevOps Pools agents fail to be provisioned in West Europe region.

  • Pedro - dev.azure.com and portal.azure both down.

  • Mo - Cannot access Azure Portal company wide.

  • Seems like the Azure Portal is down again.

  • Microsoft Azure Government Cloud Portal is down. Returning internal server errors and connection errors..

  • Cognitive services is slow.

    ‡Sweden Central

  • Response - Calls to gpt-4o-mini take >20 seconds.

    ‡Sweden Central

  • some teams services are not working.

Downtime health for the last 90 days

In the last 90 days, Microsoft Azure had 14 incidents (2 major outages and 12 minor incidents) with a median duration of 2 hours 4 minutes.

Total
14

Incidents

Critical
2

Major Outages

Warning
12

Minor Incidents

Duration
2 hour

Median Resolution

Latest incidents and outages history

IsDown has tracked 166 incidents since started monitoring Microsoft Azure status in December 2021. We collect data from 5420+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Microsoft Azure outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

15 minutes
Active - West US 2 - Investigating
Jan 10, 2026 at 06:21 PM
about 3 hours
Active - Datacenter power event - Recovery ongoing
Jan 10, 2026 at 05:55 PM
about 1 hour
MITIGATED — DNS Resolution Issues for Azure Domains via Cisco Umbrella (OpenDNS)
Dec 30, 2025 at 03:14 PM
13 minutes
ACTIVE – DNS Resolution Issues for Azure Domains via Cisco Umbrella (OpenDNS)
Dec 30, 2025 at 03:04 PM
39 minutes
ACTIVE – DNS Resolution Issues for Azure Domains via OpenDNS
Dec 30, 2025 at 02:25 PM
about 1 hour
ACTIVE - DNS Resolution Issues for Azure Domains via OpenDNS
Dec 30, 2025 at 01:29 PM
about 7 hours
Active - Azure Privileged Identity Management Customers experiencing API fail...
Dec 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
about 4 hours
Mitigated – Service Management Issues in Azure Government Regions
Dec 08, 2025 at 04:15 PM
about 9 hours
Mitigation Applied - Service Management Issues in Azure China Regions
Dec 08, 2025 at 08:50 AM
12 minutes
Network Connectivity Impact in USGov Arizona Region
Nov 21, 2025 at 04:05 PM
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Components / Services / Regions current status

Check the current status of the 63 components, services, or regions being monitored for Microsoft Azure.

Component Status Details
Australia Central status OK View details
Australia Central 2 status OK View details
Australia East status OK View details
Australia Southeast status OK View details
Brazil South status OK View details
Brazil Southeast status OK View details
Canada Central status OK View details
Canada East status OK View details
Central India status OK View details
Central US status OK View details
China East status OK View details
China East 2 status OK View details
*China Non-Regional status OK View details
China North status OK View details
China North 2 status OK View details
China North 3 status OK View details
East Asia status OK View details
East US status OK View details
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Compare Microsoft Azure vs alternatives

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MINOR
23 incidents in the last 30 days
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OK
0 incidents in the last 30 days
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Vultr Vultr
OK
5 incidents in the last 30 days
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DigitalOcean DigitalOcean
OK
1 incidents in the last 30 days
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Linode Linode
OK
2 incidents in the last 30 days
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Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
OK
0 incidents in the last 30 days
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Heroku Heroku
OK
1 incidents in the last 30 days
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IBM Cloud IBM Cloud
OK
0 incidents in the last 30 days
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Cloudflare Cloudflare
MINOR
43 incidents in the last 30 days
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AWS AWS
OK
0 incidents in the last 30 days
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About Microsoft Azure Status Monitoring

IsDown has maintained continuous monitoring of Microsoft Azure, a Cloud Platforms solution, since December 2021. Our database contains 166 documented incidents from the past 4 years, giving us deep insight into Microsoft Azure's reliability patterns and typical resolution times. We parse Microsoft Azure's official status page across all 5,884 components and 63 groups, interpreting statuses like good, warning, critical, and informational to deliver precise uptime metrics and targeted notifications.

When Microsoft Azure experiences issues, you need accurate information fast. IsDown combines official status page data with user-reported issues, giving you early detection when vendors are slow to acknowledge problems, plus verified incident details once they do. You get affected components, severity levels, and real-time resolution updates from both sources.

Engineering and operations teams rely on IsDown to monitor Microsoft Azure and receive verified outage alerts. Get instant notifications through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, or 20+ other integrations.

How IsDown monitors Microsoft Azure?

IsDown monitors Microsoft Azure health in almost real-time

Every few minutes we check the status page of Microsoft Azure (and 5,420+ other services) for issues. We collect the status and outage information across all 5,884 Microsoft Azure components. We also monitor user reports alongside official sources. Since vendors often take time to report incidents, monitoring user reports helps us alert you early.

The moment an issue is detected in Microsoft Azure, IsDown sends an alert and updates your status page

Not only will you get notified, but IsDown offers notification filters so you can choose which issues you want to be alerted about. This way you avoid getting all incidents from Microsoft Azure and other services, focusing only on those affecting your business.

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What you get when monitoring Microsoft Azure with IsDown

Track Microsoft Azure incidents and downtimes by severity

IsDown checks Microsoft Azure official status page for major/minor outages or downtimes. A major outage is when Microsoft Azure experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. A minor incident is when Microsoft Azure experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. The moment we detect a Microsoft Azure outage, we send you an alert and update your dashboard and status page.

Get alerted as soon as users report problems with Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure and other vendors don't always report outages on time. IsDown collects user reports to provide early detection of outages. This way, even without an official status update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

All the details of Microsoft Azure outages and downtimes

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Microsoft Azure status page to provide the context of the outage. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Only get alerted on the Microsoft Azure outages that impact your business

IsDown monitors Microsoft Azure and all their 5884 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

One platform to monitor all your external dependencies

Our tool was built to be the best way to monitor all your external dependencies in one place. IsDown not only will help you monitor Microsoft Azure but also 5,421 other services. Your team and customers will have a clear view of all your dependencies and their status, making it easier to identify and resolve issues.

Monitor Microsoft Azure and all your external dependencies in real-time

Add all your dependencies to your dashboard. IsDown will monitor them in real-time and send you alerts when there is an issue. You can also create a status page for a bird's-eye view and share it with your team.

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Get notified immediately when there's an issue with Microsoft Azure or other services

Not only will you get notified, but IsDown offers notification filters so you can choose which issues you want to be notified about. This way you avoid getting all incidents from Microsoft Azure and other services.

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Send outage information from Microsoft Azure and other services to your tools

IsDown integrates with 20+ tools. Connect the status of Microsoft Azure and 5,420 other vendors to your tools to receive vendor outage alerts exactly where your team needs them.

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Share Microsoft Azure status in your status page

Create a status page that can easily be accessed by your team and customers. You can make it public or private, and customize it to your needs. This will be your first line of communication when there's the question 'Is Microsoft Azure down?'

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Microsoft Azure Downdetector vs IsDown

Need similar to Downdetector Microsoft Azure alerts? IsDown might be the solution for you. While Downdetector relies on user-submitted reports to detect Microsoft Azure outages, IsDown monitors Microsoft Azure's status page for verified, detailed incident information. Here's why official monitoring provides better reliability for your business:

Features
Downdetector
Official Microsoft Azure status page monitoring with real-time incident details.
Monitor 5,420+ services including Microsoft Azure in a single dashboard.
Instant Microsoft Azure outage alerts sent to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, and more.
Combined monitoring of Microsoft Azure official status and user-reported issues.
Maintenance feed for Microsoft Azure
Granular alerts filtering by Microsoft Azure components and regions.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Microsoft Azure down today?

Microsoft Azure isn't down. You can check Microsoft Azure status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Microsoft Azure official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Microsoft Azure status?

Microsoft Azure is currently operational. You can check Microsoft Azure status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Microsoft Azure outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Microsoft Azure down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Microsoft Azure being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Microsoft Azure outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Microsoft Azure official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Microsoft Azure having an outage right now?

Microsoft Azure last outage was on January 10, 2026 with the title "Active - Datacenter power event - Recovery ongoing"

How to check if Microsoft Azure is down?

Why use IsDown to monitor Microsoft Azure instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Microsoft Azure and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Microsoft Azure?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Microsoft Azure is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Microsoft Azure's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

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