Outlook.com DNS records disappeared

#1

Post by smcleod » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:39 PM UTC

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dig outlook.com

; > DiG 9.8.3-P1 > outlook.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER;; QUESTION SECTION: ;outlook.com. IN A

;; Query time: 33 msec ;; SERVER: 10.51.20.100#53(10.51.20.100) ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 22 09:37:02 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 29

Outlook.com DNS records disappeared
outlook.com

Re: Outlook.com DNS records disappeared

#2

Post by shaydoc » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:42 PM UTC

unreal, i was editing a document, when it bombed on me, guess i should been editing locally!

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#3

Post by mrmondo » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

I especially loved their status page during the outage:

  current health
	CRM	No issues
	Exchange	No issues
	Identity Service	No issues
	Lync	No issues
	Office 365 Portal	No issues
	Office Subscription	No issues
	Rights Management Service	No issues
	SharePoint	No issues

Re: Outlook.com DNS records disappeared

#4

Post by gamblor956 » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:48 PM UTC

I have no problem accessing Outlook.com, Office 365, Skydrive, or any other Microsoft website. The problem many be regional...or it may be with your ISP.

Re: Outlook.com DNS records disappeared

#5

Post by thisisdallas » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:49 PM UTC

It looks like a lot of their other services are down too.

Edit: Also, the Xbox One is launching tonight so if their Live servers are down...it won't be pretty.

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#6

Post by jldugger » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

gamblor956 wrote: post #4

I have no problem accessing Outlook.com, Office 365, Skydrive, or any other Microsoft website. The problem many be regional...or it may be with your ISP.

There's a lot more than one person complaining on twitter. I've seen reports from New Zealand, Kansas, my linode in Dallas, Oregon, etc.

Re: Outlook.com DNS records disappeared

#7

Post by davidcollantes » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

Down when accessing from Central FL (SouthEast US).

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#8

Post by beat » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

It'll be interesting to find out the root cause, assuming it ever comes out. Malice or stupidity? Did someone do an oops within the Outlook team (or some other team), or are they under attack?

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#9

Post by than » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

Down in MN.

Re: Outlook.com DNS records disappeared

#10

Post by mrmondo » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 10:54 PM UTC

beat wrote: post #8

It'll be interesting to find out the root cause, assuming it ever comes out. Malice or stupidity? Did someone do an oops within the Outlook team (or some other team), or are they under attack?

My guess is someone messed up when making a change to their DNS