Varven@lemmy.world to Minecraft@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoMinecraft is downlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1imageMinecraft is downlemmy.worldVarven@lemmy.world to Minecraft@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepwnicholson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoHow does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoAzure, the hosting platform owned by MS, was experiencing a major outage which took down quite a few sites.
minus-squarexavier666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoDoes it host the Minecraft authentication system as well? I haven’t been able to play recently to check this.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYep, MC auth is tied to Xbox Live Services, which is run on Azure
minus-squarepwnicholson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYeah, saw something after I left the comment. It was Minecraft per se that was down. It was the x box authorization/login system. Even bigger!
How does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?
Azure, the hosting platform owned by MS, was experiencing a major outage which took down quite a few sites.
Does it host the Minecraft authentication system as well? I haven’t been able to play recently to check this.
Yep, MC auth is tied to Xbox Live Services, which is run on Azure
Yeah, saw something after I left the comment. It was Minecraft per se that was down. It was the x box authorization/login system. Even bigger!