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2025.10.29: [Resolved] Azure Portal Access Issues

Posted: 2025-10-29 10:49:13   Expiration: 2025-11-05 10:49:13

Starting at approximately 11:00 AM CDT on 10/29/2025, Microsoft began experiencing DNS issues resulting in availability degradation of some services. Customers may experience issues accessing the Azure Portal.

Per Microsoft: "7:05 PM CDT on 29 October 2025 - [Azure Front Door] AFD impact confirmed mitigated for customers."

https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/

Per Microsoft: "Starting at approximately 11:00 AM CDT, we began experiencing DNS issues resulting in availability degradation of some services. Customers may experience issues accessing the Azure Portal. We have taken action that is expected to address the portal access issues here shortly. We are actively investigating the underlying issue and additional mitigation actions."

Additional details at

https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status

https://outages.doit.wisc.edu/

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