Microsoft experienced a critical flaw in its Entra ID security, causing disruptions for businesses reliant on Azure cloud platforms and applications.
The issue was caused by DNS changes in Microsoft's Entra Connect Sync and Seamless SSO applications, resulting in resolution failures for the autologon.microsoftazuread.sso.com domain.
The outage impacted various industries, blocking access to crucial services like Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, Azure DevOps, Azure Storage, and Azure AI Services.
Microsoft quickly rolled back the changes and restored full functionality, but it serves as a wakeup call for businesses to be prepared for sudden system failures in a digital-first world.