How AzureDown works
AzureDown is an independent, enterprise-grade monitor for Microsoft Azure. Our goal is to be the fastest, most trustworthy answer to “is Azure down right now?”
Authoritative source
Status is sourced from the official Microsoft Azure Service Health feed — the same source that powers the Azure portal.
Continuously polled
We poll continuously and refresh the live dashboard every ~20 seconds so you see current state, not a stale snapshot.
Verifiable
Every incident carries its Azure tracking ID and a link back to the official source so your team can independently verify.
Status definitions
Healthy
No known issues; operating normally.
Maintenance
Planned platform maintenance in progress.
Degraded
Reduced performance or partial impact — an advisory or degradation event.
Major Outage
Significant, widespread impact to the service.
Regional vs. global impact
Azure is regional by design. We surface the specific regions an incident affects so you can tell whether your workloads are impacted — a degradation in one region does not mean Azure is globally down. See the live region mesh and the full incident history.
Independence & limitations
- • AzureDown is independent and not affiliated with Microsoft or Azure.
- • Incident history accumulates from when monitoring began; the public feed exposes current and recent events.
- • Detection depends on Microsoft publishing to the Azure Service Health feed; there may be a short delay between impact and publication.
- • For SLA credits and official confirmation, always consult your Azure portal and Service Health blade.