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Microsoft Global Outage Disrupts Major Services and Voting

10/31/2025

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Microsoft Outage Disrupts Services

Microsoft Corporation reported a global outage attributed to DNS issues, disrupting services including Heathrow, NatWest, and the Minecraft platform.
Downdetector logged thousands of reports, affecting UK sites such as Asda and O2, and US retailers Starbucks and Kroger.
Microsoft is addressing connectivity issues and providing updates via the Azure status page.
In Scotland, voting at the Scottish Parliament was suspended due to difficulties linked to the Microsoft incident.

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Alison Johnstone Suspends Voting

Voting at the Scottish Parliament was suspended after a Microsoft outage disrupting Azure, Xbox, and Outlook.
Alison Johnstone, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, announced MSPs could not vote after half an hour of debate and postponed parliamentary business.
The outage affected other organizations, including the Royal Bank of Scotland and BT.
Microsoft is investigating and urges customers to monitor Service Health Alerts for updates, with information expected on Thursday.

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Microsoft Outage Disrupts Services

Microsoft Corporation reported a global outage attributed to DNS issues, disrupting services including Heathrow, NatWest, and the Minecraft platform.
Downdetector logged thousands of reports, affecting UK sites such as Asda and O2, and US retailers Starbucks and Kroger.
Microsoft is addressing connectivity issues and providing updates via the Azure status page.
In Scotland, voting at the Scottish Parliament was suspended due to difficulties linked to the Microsoft incident.

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