Microsoft Defender portal outage disrupts threat hunting alerts

Microsoft Defender portal outage disrupts threat hunting alerts

Microsoft is addressing a service outage affecting Defender XDR portal functionalities caused by high CPU utilization due to increased traffic. The issue has impacted access to features like threat-hunting alerts and device visibility, but recovery efforts are ongoing. #MicrosoftDefender #XDRPortal #ServiceOutage

Keypoints

  • Microsoft is mitigating a critical outage impacting Defender XDR portal access.
  • The outage is caused by a traffic spike leading to high CPU utilization.
  • Affected features include threat-hunting alerts and device visibility.
  • Microsoft has implemented measures to restore service and increase processing throughput.
  • The investigation includes analyzing customer diagnostics and HTTP Archive traces.

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