By BigGo Finance
Publication Date: 2026-10-01 03:35:00
Microsoft’s cloud platform “Microsoft Azure” suffered a network outage beginning at 5:30 a.m. Japan time on Oct. 1, 2026 (4:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30), primarily affecting the private connectivity service “ExpressRoute” and “VPN Gateway.” The disruption spread across 19 regions worldwide, including Japan West, causing degraded or interrupted connections for enterprises operating hybrid cloud environments. The company announced that the issue was mitigated by 11:15 a.m. Japan time.
According to the company’s Azure status page, the incident began at 8:30 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Sept. 30 (4:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30). Customers using ExpressRoute and VPN Gateway may have experienced degraded network connection quality or complete interruptions. Failures and delays in network management operations were also reported. Symptoms included gateways failing to load on the Azure portal.
The affected regions were confirmed across 19 locations: Japan West, West US, West US 3, North…
