A noticeable Microsoft Azure outage on Wednesday affected crucial sections of the internet.

The technology titan’s cloud computing service confirmed it was facing difficulties.

Azure mentioned on its status page:

“Beginning at roughly 16:00 UTC, we started to encounter Azure Front Door (AFD) problems leading to a loss of accessibility for several services. We believe an accidental configuration alteration served as the catalyst for this issue.

We are undertaking multiple simultaneous actions: First, we are halting all modifications to the AFD services, including adjustments made by customers. Concurrently, we are reverting our AFD configuration to our most recently validated state.”

Azure has since updated that it has “started the rollout of our most recently validated configuration, which is anticipated to finish within 30 minutes. As this rollout continues, customers should begin to notice preliminary signs of recovery.”

Microsoft indicated it did not possess an estimated timeline for when the resolution would be achieved.

User-reported difficulties on Downdetector suggested individuals were struggling to access Microsoft services such as Outlook and 365, in addition to platforms like Minecraft.

By around 2:30 p.m. ET, user-reported problems for certain services seemed to be diminishing, yet it remained uncertain if the issue had been completely rectified. The outage follows closely behind last week’s extensive Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that disrupted significant parts of the internet.

Azure delivers cloud services for many businesses and platforms, managing data, websites, and rendering vital infrastructure for large segments of the internet. Azure actually experienced a crash earlier this month as well, impacting Microsoft services like 365 and Outlook.

This story is evolving and will be revised as necessary…