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Cloud computing will remain an enormous business, with AWS, Microsoft's Azure and Google Cloud Platform being the biggest players.

An alert on the technology giant's service status website on Tuesday said it was looking into a "network infrastructure" issue that was impacting access to Microsoft Azure - the cloud computing platform behind many of its services.

"Due to worldwide issues with Microsoft Azure, a problem with our website is affecting several services including MyAccount and PayNow," it said in a post on X.

Such a system could, one day, be integrated into Microsoft's huge cloud computing business, Azure.