Microsoft hit with a new global wave of IT outages affecting NatWest also

Just weeks after Microsoft was hit with global outages the cloud service has now been struck with another failure bringing services to a full stop.

Microsoft said they are investigating the issues that connect “Microsoft services globally” that is affecting access to emails and other IT functions.

Microsoft’s service status website says they are looking into the “network infrastructure” problems.

DownDetector has said users of Microsoft 365, Teams, Minecraft and Xbox Live have all reported issues.

On its service status website, Microsoft said: “We are investigating reports of issues connecting to Microsoft services globally.

“Customers may experience timeouts connecting to Azure services. We have multiple engineering teams engaged to diagnose and resolve the issue. More details will be provided as soon as possible.”

Microsoft 365 status account on X, added that users have reported “access issues” with “degraded performance” and “multiple Microsoft 365 services and features.”

In a statement the banking giant NatWest said, “We’re aware of an issue preventing some customers from accessing some of our webpages. We’re working on a fix and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

Earlier this month Businesses, banks, airlines including airports, rail, supermarkets, radio and broadcasters were all offline due to a major Microsoft IT outage.

The UK’s largest train company warned passengers to expect disruption due to “widespread IT issues.”

Banks around the world and major institutions have all reported IT issues and, in the US, a “ground stop” has been issued for all airlines, meaning no flights are allowed to take off.

The IT giant Microsoft has suffered a worldwide glitch causing its stock price to plummet by 0.71%

At the time Microsoft had £18 billion wiped off the value of the company in just hours after the IT system crash which has crippled companies around the world.

The share price of the tech giant has taken a dive by 0.71%, resulting in the company’s value plummeting by approximately £18 billion ($23 billion).