Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft are amongst a number of the websites and providers experiencing issues because of a Microsoft outage.
Outage tracker Downdetector confirmed hundreds of stories of points with numerous web sites globally on Wednesday.
Microsoft said some users of Microsoft 365, which incorporates Outlook and Groups, would possibly see delays.
The corporate’s Azure cloud computing platform, which underpins giant elements of the web, reported a “degradation of some services” at 1600 GMT.
It stated this was because of “DNS points” – the identical route explanation for the huge Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage final week.
Amazon says AWS is at the moment working usually.
Different impacted websites within the UK embrace grocery store Asda and cell phone operator O2 – whereas within the US, folks have reported points accessing the web sites of espresso chain Starbucks and retailer Kroger.
On its service status page, Azure’s community infrastructure was exhibiting as “essential” in each area on this planet.
Microsoft stated enterprise Microsoft 365 clients would possibly see issues.
It stated it had discovered elements of its infrastructure with connectivity points, and was working to “reroute affected visitors to revive service well being”.
It has began a thread on X with updates after some customers reported they may not entry the service standing web page.
In the meantime, enterprise on the Scottish Parliament has been suspended due to technical points with the parliament’s on-line voting system.
A senior Scottish Parliament supply instructed BBC Information they consider the issues are associated to the Microsoft outage.
Microsoft has been contacted for remark.
