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Microsoft breaks geolocation, locking users out of Azure and M365

Microsoft has found a new and interesting way to break its cloud services: by messing up geolocation services and sending its users to Uzbekistan, which made it impossible for them to log in.

We're investigating an issue where users with specific conditional access policies applied may be unable to access any Microsoft 365 service. We're reverting a recent change to mitigate impact. For more details please look for MO531859 in the admin center.reader sent more detail: a Microsoft status notice that defined the problem as"a subset of users with geolocation-based conditional access policies experienced sign-in disruptions to Azure services.

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