India, Oct. 29 -- A widespread disruption in Microsoft's Azure cloud services and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday led to outages across dozens of major websites and apps, affecting everything from business tools to entertainment platforms.

The Azure glitch, linked to issues in Azure's global content delivery network and its Front Door service, left users unable to access Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Outlook, and several other services for hours.

Microsoft acknowledged the problem on its Azure status page, saying a recent configuration change triggered the outage.

"We're pursuing multiple remediation strategies, including moving traffic away from the impacted infrastructure and blocking the offending change," Microsoft 365 said in a...