A massive cloud outage on Wednesday involving Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure disrupted access to major websites and applications worldwide, briefly rendering much of the internet unusable.
The AWS outage marked the second in just a week, affecting several apps built on its infrastructure. It coincided with a global Azure failure, compounding the disruption for businesses and users who depend on both services for online operations.
According to outage-tracking site Downdetector, thousands of users across several countries, including India, reported issues connecting to AWS and Azure.
Microsoft confirmed on its Azure status page that “a recent configuration change” caused the issue, adding that the company was “moving traffic away from the impacted infrastructure and blocking the offending change.”
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The glitch affected Azure’s global content delivery network and Front Door service, leaving users unable to access Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Minecraft for hours. By early afternoon, reports of outages had dropped sharply as engineers rerouted traffic and restored functionality.
Amazon has not yet commented on the incident, but experts note that the disruption highlights the internet’s heavy dependence on a handful of cloud providers. Together, AWS and Microsoft Azure power a vast share of global digital infrastructure—underscoring how simultaneous outages can cripple online activity across the world.