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Websites forHeathrow, NatWest and Minecraft returned to service late on Wednesday after experiencing problems amid a global Microsoft outage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outage tracker Downdetector showed thousands of reports of issues with a number of websites around the world over several hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft said some users of Microsoft 365, external<\/a> saw<\/strong> delayswith Outlook among other services, but by 21:00GMT, many websites that went down were once again accessible after the company restored a prior update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company’s Azure cloud computing platform, which underpins large parts of the internet, had reported a “degradation of some services, external<\/a>” at 16:00 GMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said this was due to “DNS issues” – the same root cause of the huge Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon said AWS wasoperating normally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other sites that were impacted in the UK include supermarket Asda, M&S, and mobile phone operator O2 – while in the US, people reported issues accessing the websites of coffee chain Starbucks and retailer Kroger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft said business Microsoft 365 customersexperienced problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some web pages on Microsoft also directed users to an error notifications that read “Uh oh! Something went wrong with the previous request.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tech giant resorted to posting updates to a thread on X, external<\/a> after some users reported they could not access the service status page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While NatWest’s website was temporarily impacted, the bank’s mobile banking, web chat, and telephone customer services remained available during the outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK consumer organisation Which? said businesses had an obligation to ensure customers were kept informed and supported as services were restored, and to compensate consumers impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Customers should keep evidence of any failed or delayed payments in case they need to make a claim,” advised Which? consumer law expert Lisa Webb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Those worried about missing a bill should contact the relevant company to explain the situation and request that any fees be waived,” Ms Webb added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, business at the Scottish Parliament was suspended because of technical issues with the parliament’s online voting system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outage prompted a postponement of debate over land reform legislation that could allow Scotland to intervene in private sales and require large estates to be broken up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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