Azure outage affecting Windows Updates and related services

An Azure outage is presently affecting several Windows services. Impacted services include Windows Update and the Microsoft Update Catalog. Users might also experience issues accessing or downloading content from the Microsoft Store and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Users might encounter delays, failures, or timeouts with downloads or access to these services. Additional related services might also be affected.

Recovery efforts are underway, and some traffic is being successfully redirected. Service availability is expected to improve as additional recovery actions are completed.

Customers experiencing this issue are advised to retry Windows Update and related service operations later. We will provide more information as it becomes available. You can also monitor status updates at Microsoft 365 service health status.