--- title: "Is Azure OpenAI Down?" description: "Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, and Azure cloud AI infrastructure." url: "https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/azure" markdown: "https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/azure.md" --- # Is Azure OpenAI Down? > Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, and Azure cloud AI infrastructure. ## Important Links - [View MCP Gateway](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/resources/mcp-gateway.md) - [Features](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/#features) - [Enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise) - [Pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing) - [Docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai) - [GitHub](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost) - [Book a Demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo) ## Status At A Glance Official status data last reflected here: Aug 24, 2026 UTC. - **Unknown Current Status.** Status Unavailable - **0 Components.** Service areas tracked on this page - **0 90d Incidents.** Incidents reported in the last 90 days ## About Azure AI Azure AI provides Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft cloud AI infrastructure. Azure AI status matters for enterprises running provider access, quotas, and compliance workflows through Microsoft-managed regions and infrastructure. This page pulls data from Azure AI's official status page to show current service health, any active incidents, and a history of recent issues, all in one view. Full incident history available. Azure AI publishes detailed component status, a full incident archive, and scheduled maintenance data through their official status page. ## How This Page Is Monitored Data pulled from Azure AI's official status page (status.ai.azure.com) Refreshed every 60 seconds Covers Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft cloud AI infrastructure Includes full incident archive and scheduled maintenance history ## Recent Reliability No incidents reported in the last 90 days based on the available data. No incidents have been reported by Azure AI in the data currently available. All 0 monitored components are currently operational. ## Incidents & Maintenance Active incidents, scheduled maintenance, and incident history for Azure AI. No incidents are currently reported for Azure AI in the available data. ## Azure AI Models & Pricing Azure AI offers 281 models across 7 modes (221 chat, 25 responses, 13 realtime, 9 image generation, 7 embedding, 3 audio transcription, 3 audio speech). | Popular Model | Input $/1M | | --- | --- | | gpt-4.5-preview | $75.00 | | gpt-4-32k | $60.00 | | gpt-4-32k-0613 | $60.00 | | gpt-5.4-pro | $30.00 | | gpt-5.4-pro-2026-03-05 | $30.00 | - [View all Azure AI pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/azure.md) - [Compare Azure AI models](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/model-library/provider/azure.md) ## Alternative Providers for Automatic Failover When Azure AI experiences issues, Bifrost AI Gateway can automatically route your LLM traffic to these alternatives. - [OpenAI](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/openai.md) - [Anthropic](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/anthropic.md) - [Cohere](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/cohere.md) - [Groq](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/groq.md) ## FAQ ### Is Azure OpenAI down right now? Check the status indicator at the top of this page. It pulls directly from Azure AI's official status page. If Azure AI is experiencing any issues, you'll see it reflected here. This real-time monitoring helps teams quickly identify whether performance problems are caused by Azure AI infrastructure or their own systems. ### What does this Azure AI status page track? This page tracks Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft cloud AI infrastructure using data from Azure AI's official status page. You can see current component health, active incidents, and a history of past issues. This visibility is crucial for teams building resilient AI applications that need to route around provider outages. ### How often is Azure AI status updated here? We check Azure AI's status page every 60 seconds to ensure you get near real-time status updates. How quickly issues show up here depends on how fast Azure AI updates their own official status. For production systems that need instant failover, Bifrost can automatically detect and route around degraded providers. ### Why monitor Azure AI status? Azure AI status matters for enterprises running provider access, quotas, and compliance workflows through Microsoft-managed regions and infrastructure. Real-time status monitoring enables proactive incident response and helps teams decide when to route traffic to alternative providers for maximum uptime. ### What should I do when Azure OpenAI or Azure AI has an outage? When Azure AI experiences an outage, the best practice is automatic failover to alternative AI providers. Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway that automatically detects Azure AI degradation and routes LLM traffic to healthy alternatives like OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, keeping your application running with zero manual intervention. This intelligent routing ensures your users never experience downtime from a single provider's issues. ### How can I prevent Azure AI downtime from affecting my application? Production AI applications should never depend on a single provider. Bifrost AI Gateway provides automatic multi-provider failover, intelligent load balancing, and health-based routing. When Azure AI degrades, Bifrost instantly routes requests to operational alternatives while maintaining API compatibility. This architecture approach is used by teams running mission-critical AI features. ### What are common causes of Azure AI outages and degraded performance? Common causes of Azure AI issues include infrastructure scaling challenges, regional cloud provider problems, API gateway overload, and deployment errors. Monitor this page to stay informed, and consider implementing automatic failover with Bifrost to maintain uptime during Azure AI incidents. ## Related Resources - [Status: OpenAI](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/openai.md) - [Status: Anthropic](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/anthropic.md) - [Status: Cohere](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/cohere.md) - [Status: Groq](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/groq.md) - [All provider status](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status.md) - [Docs: Bifrost docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai) - [GitHub: maximhq/bifrost](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost) - [Pricing: Bifrost pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing) - [Enterprise: Bifrost enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise) - [Book a Demo: Bifrost demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo) - [Resources: Bifrost resources](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/resources.md) --- *This is a markdown version of [https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/azure](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/azure) for AI/LLM consumption.*