Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online

Microsoft global outage sees websites including Heathrow, NatWest, and Minecraft disabled, but now back online after DNS issues. Thousands reported problems on Downdetector, affecting services like Microsoft 365, but Microsoft says a prior update restored accessibility by 21:00 GMT. Azure cloud computing platform, crucial to the internet, experienced service degradation due to DNS issues similar to the recent AWS outage. Users affected in the UK and US, with Microsoft advised to inform and compensate impacted customers as services were restored.