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[The Living Tribunal]

Xbox Live is back up.

 

[Chobel]

It's not a DDoS. You would have heard about it or seen evidence. Their servers are just being swamped.

You know that most of their services are down Outlook, Azure...etc. Even if XBL is swamped, there's now way it can do all this problems for the other MS services.

 

[Gestault]

Xbox.com & XboxOne.com down in Northeastern US, here.

 

[maquiladora]

Thread title needs updating.

 

[FStop7]

The O365 stuff seems to be stable, now. No connectivity drops for the past ~30 minutes.

 

[Oersted]

Down here.

 

[MisterRoboto]

Im in New Jersey..xbox.com is out and on my 360 i got a message saying " some content is unavailable" No Ads on the homepage but my friends list works and im playing FIFA online..

 

[GavinGT]

And now GAF connectivity is starting to dwindle.

 

[Freki]

It's not a DDoS. Microsoft's servers wouldn't be vulnerable to a DDoS, just because of the spread and redundancy. At least not vulnerable to one that regular citizens are able to do.

It's some sort of failure at their DNS server(s) from the looks of things.

If it's only a DNS issue why would xbox live be affected? Afaik the connection is established directly via ip, isn' it?

 

[LOLDSFAN]

So I work at a help desk and our company uses Office 365.

Getting mass calls about email being down. :|

 

[Guevara]

Even Microsoft.com is down right now

 

[andromeduck]

mort redeemed?

 

[Mrbob]

So I work at a help desk and our company uses Office 365.

Getting mass calls about email being down. :|

Yeah not a good time here either. I need me some Office 365 functionality.

 

[chubigans]

Down here in Texas also.

 

[Dryk]

Any business that relies on Azure to run simulations is going to be PISSED that they were brought down by the launch of a videogame console.

 

[oVerde]

I dont' know what is happening, but heads will roll

 

[RoKKeR]

Xbox Live is up and running here in Nashville.

 

[Chobel]

Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Computing System Hits Bumps, Taking Down Xbox Live And Other Services

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/mi...mps-taking-down-xbox-live-and-other-services/

 

[derFeef]

mort redeemed?

What? No, is a general DNS issue it seems, nothing to do with Xbox.

 

[monlo]

 

[Raymo]

If this lasts, it won't be pretty.

 

[kmg90]

Issues have been apparent for a "A very small number" of accounts the past 24 hours (aka something is wrong but we won't release solid numbers only vague estimates)

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[maquiladora]

skydrive : server not found.
xbox.com : DNS failure.
msn and outlook : working.

 

[DopeyFish]

I keep thinking of buying a 2nd X1 just so I don't have to wait but if these issues persist I may go home empty handed

 

[Nevasleep]

Microsoft's 'infinite' power of the cloud : Currently Offline

 

[Shining]

Holy buttocks, speak to us!

 

[Moonstone]

Fuck that, I want to watch the german launch event!

 

[Netherscourge]

Oh boy - if XBL stays down for long periods tomorrow and nobody can get that patch to activate their console, XB1 fans are gonna be PISSED!

 

[gossi]

The Register has a story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/1..._again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Microsoft's business customers are dropping offline as their Azure cloud is dying (which hosts Xbox Live)

 

[statham]

outlook and microsoft.com working for me, just xbox.com thats not.

 

[Gestault]

on my 360 i got a message saying " some content is unavailable" No Ads on the homepage but my friends list works and im playing FIFA online..

So, an improvement to the service?

 

[Freki]

Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Computing System Hits Bumps, Taking Down Xbox Live And Other Services

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/mi...mps-taking-down-xbox-live-and-other-services/

Does MS run all their own services on the Azure infrastructure? If yes than this would explain the width of the problem...

 

[Steel]

360 still good.

Mine isn't.

 

[gossi]

Does MS run all their own services on the Azure infrastructure? If yes than this would explain the width of the problem...

They're moving to it. XBL for XB1 is all Azure.

 

[Mondy]

What happened to those Gaffers who said Microsoft wouldn't have this problem when it was happening to Sony?

 

[Gestault]

Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Computing System Hits Bumps, Taking Down Xbox Live And Other Services

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/mi...mps-taking-down-xbox-live-and-other-services/

Do you think they can feel those bumps better with the impulse triggers?

 

[The Living Tribunal]

LIVE is up for me, Outlook and xbox.com are down.

 

[gamechanger87]

According to the dashboard its just North Central US that is still having issues:

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/

 

[Guevara]

The Register has a story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/1..._again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Microsoft's business customers are dropping offline as their Azure cloud is dying (which hosts Xbox Live)

Hmm. Now we get to see which Microsoft handles first: their new console on the biggest day of the year, or just another day of business usage.

I've locked in my answer

 

[maquiladora]

So it's Azure that's taking everything down?

 

[mugoldeneagle03]

I'll return in a few hours to see if this keeps up...Outlook/Live down for me as well. Here's hoping its just Xbone prep

 

[Face it Tiger..]

Xbox.ca is down for me, Outlook is just fine though.

 

[Daffy Duck]

No way it's intentional as it's effecting the launch parties.

 

[lightning2k3]

i dont believe that the volume of new xbox live players from new zealand is causing all of azure to go down, so this must just be some unrelated issue. But dat timing...

 

[Netherscourge]

They stupidly took the Day 1 update off their public host site yesterday too.

Now, nobody can connect to XBL to get the patch that turns their console on.

Unlike the PS4, the XB1 console is almost completely inoperable without that Day 1 patch.

Without the patch, all your console will do is turn on and look for XBL...which isn't online at the moment.

 

[gamechanger87]

Xbox.com is back for me though intermittent. NYC

 

[AlexMogil]

It's actually affecting more than launch parties. This is some serious shit. Hosted services for businesses are affected.

 

[Freki]

i dont believe that the volume of new xbox live players from new zealand is causing all of azure to go down, so this must just be some unrelated issue. But dat timing...

It's uncanny...

 

[Woffls]

London:
XBL down
Xbox.com down
Office 365 hosted exchange down

I've already notified project team at work that our Azure hosting might be down... and email probably screwed. Sharepoint will work though WHOOPIE. If this lasts through tomorrow it's gonna' be one hell of a day.

Hopefully those offline update files for Xbone can be made available somewhere.