# Confluent: Azure cluster creation and expansion affected due to  Microsoft "Authentication error" outage

> Confluent status incident “Azure cluster creation and expansion affected due to Microsoft "Authentication error" outage” on 2021-03-16: impact minor (vendor’s label), 3.5 h, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/incidents/gtdtntspcm5l
Last updated: 2021-03-16T08:54:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2021-03-16 05:24 UTC · Resolved: 2021-03-16 08:54 UTC · Duration: 3.5 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.confluent.cloud/incidents/gtdtntspcm5l](https://status.confluent.cloud/incidents/gtdtntspcm5l)
- [Company: Confluent](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2021-03-16 08:54 UTC: MS updated that this authentication issue is mitigated

_From the vendor’s published history: only the final update text is available for incidents before Rewindex began polling this page._

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by Confluent, started 2021-03-16 05:24 UTC, resolved after 3.5 h, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/incidents/gtdtntspcm5l
- Citation: Confluent, “Azure cluster creation and expansion affected due to  Microsoft "Authentication error" outage” (2021-03-16 05:24 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/incidents/gtdtntspcm5l (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Confluent: Azure cluster creation and expansion affected due to  Microsoft "Authentication error" outage (2021-03-16)](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/incidents/gtdtntspcm5l)`


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