Is Microsoft Advertising down?
Updated Oct 08, 2026 10:30 UTC. StatusBird re-checks Microsoft Advertising's status page every 2 minutes.
- Current state
- Operational
- Changed
- Sep 22, 2026 21:51 UTC
- Held for
- 15 days 12 hours
Microsoft Advertising is currently operational as of Oct 08, 2026 10:30 UTC, with no outage reported on its official status page. StatusBird reads Microsoft Advertising's status page every 2 minutes and, on the Pro plan, alerts subscribers by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord within that cycle; the free email alert on this page covers major and critical outages with no account.
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Microsoft Advertising uptime and incident history
30-day uptime, from checks every 2 minutes.
Over the past 90 days StatusBird recorded 0 major or critical Microsoft Advertising incidents totalling 0 minutes of downtime, for 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade, across 64,611 independent checks. Full history: Microsoft Advertising reliability report.
Microsoft Advertising's 90-day uptime of 100.00% is in line with the Advertising category average of 100.00% across the 6 services StatusBird monitors in that category.
Microsoft Advertising risk in the next 24 hours
StatusBird's stack risk model puts the chance of any Microsoft Advertising degradation in the next 24 hours at 2% (normal) and the chance of a major or critical outage at 0% (normal). It is scored every 10 minutes from four inputs: how often Microsoft Advertising has had an episode over the last 180 days, whether it has had one in the last 24 hours or 7 days, how often its degradations turn into major outages, and whether the infrastructure it runs on is having trouble right now.
- 2 degraded-or-worse episodes in the last 180 days
- no major outages in the last 180 days
Scored Oct 08, 2026 10:26 UTC, and rescored every 10 minutes. Method: how StatusBird measures and scores.
How do I get notified when Microsoft Advertising has an outage?
Three options, from free to full coverage. Plan details are as published on StatusBird's pricing page and ads.microsoft.com/status as of October 08, 2026.
- Free email alert on this page. The form above emails you when Microsoft Advertising enters a major or critical outage and again when it recovers. No account, no card.
- A StatusBird account. The free plan monitors 1 service with a live dashboard and a day-after incident digest. Pro ($29/month) checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, with quiet hours and per-service thresholds; Business is $49/month and Agency $99/month. Create a free account.
- Microsoft Advertising's own status page. ads.microsoft.com/status offers the subscription options on ads.microsoft.com/status, where available. It is the official record and worth subscribing to alongside any monitor; it updates when Microsoft Advertising confirms an incident.
Full guide: Best downtime alert services for online store owners (2026).
About Microsoft Advertising
Search advertising platform for Bing and partner networks. Microsoft Advertising downtime pauses campaigns and reduces traffic from non-Google search channels.
StatusBird monitors Microsoft Advertising every 2 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When an outage or degradation is detected, StatusBird sends instant alerts so you can act before your customers notice. The 30-day uptime percentage and incident history above reflect live data from our monitoring network.
Microsoft Advertising last five incidents
Every non-operational episode StatusBird measured in the last 90 days, newest first, labelled by the worst status reached. The availability figures above count major and critical outages only.
| Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Worst status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 21:49 | Sep 22, 2026 21:51 | 2 minutes | degraded |
| Aug 06, 2026 00:44 | Aug 06, 2026 00:46 | 2 minutes | degraded |
2 episodes in total over the last 90 days, 0 of them major or critical.
What to do when Microsoft Advertising is down
First, confirm it is actually Microsoft Advertising and not your store. Then contain the damage and communicate. Here is exactly how to do that during a Microsoft Advertising outage, plus what usually breaks and how long incidents tend to last.
How do I confirm Microsoft Advertising is actually down?
Check two independent sources before changing anything in your store. First, StatusBird's live Microsoft Advertising status page, which is based on independent checks every 2 minutes. Second, Microsoft Advertising's own status page at ads.microsoft.com/status. If the official page still shows green, do not assume you are wrong: vendors often acknowledge incidents well after they start. If both look clean, the problem is more likely your store's configuration or a specific integration.
What does a Microsoft Advertising outage look like?
- ads.microsoft.com fails to load or shows errors after sign-in
- Traffic from bing.com referrals drops noticeably in analytics
- Bulk uploads or API sync jobs from tools like Google Ads import fail
- Merchant Center feed uploads stall or products show as pending indefinitely
- Reporting shows missing or delayed spend and conversion data
What breaks in your store
An outage can hit the ads.microsoft.com web interface, the Microsoft Advertising API, ad serving itself, or Merchant Center feed processing. If serving is affected, paid clicks from Bing and partner properties stop arriving at the store; if only the interface or API is down, ads keep running but you cannot adjust bids, budgets, or pause campaigns, which matters if a promotion just ended. Feed processing failures cause shopping ads to show stale prices or disapprove products, which can mean advertising a discount that no longer exists.
For context, Microsoft Advertising has had no major incidents in the last 90 days of StatusBird's independent monitoring (100.0% availability), so a real outage is unusual. That makes it easy to mistake one for a problem on your end, which is why confirming first matters.
What to do during the outage
- Check the Microsoft Advertising status page to see which component is affected before troubleshooting your own account.
- Use the Microsoft Advertising Editor desktop app, since it can sometimes post changes when the web interface is failing.
- Verify whether ads are still serving by searching your brand terms on Bing in a private window.
- Update landing pages or store banners to match live promotions if you cannot pause outdated ads.
- Note the outage window and reconcile spend afterward, since reporting data usually backfills after recovery.
These steps follow the same logic Google codifies in its Site Reliability Engineering chapter on managing incidents: establish what is actually happening, contain the damage, and communicate clearly while the incident is still running.
Frequently asked questions
Microsoft Advertising will not load but I have a sale ending tonight. Are my ads still spending?
Usually yes. Interface outages are more common than serving outages, so ads typically keep running and spending while the console is down. Search your keywords on Bing directly to confirm, and try the Microsoft Advertising Editor desktop app to push a pause if you need one.
My Google Ads import to Microsoft failed. Did I lose my campaigns?
No, a failed import does not delete existing campaigns; they continue running with their last synced settings. Re-run the import once Microsoft's API recovers and spot-check bids and budgets to make sure the sync completed cleanly.
After the outage
Once Microsoft Advertising recovers, verify the affected workflows end to end rather than trusting the status page. Note the start and end times while they are fresh: if you are on a paid Microsoft Advertising plan with an SLA, documented downtime is what a service credit claim is built on. See how to claim SLA credits for the process.
How this data is measured
StatusBird checks Microsoft Advertising's status every 2 minutes, around the clock, independently of the vendor. The availability figure counts major and critical outages only; minor degradation is excluded so numbers are not skewed by vendors that report small blips near-continuously. Grades run from A+ to F. See the live numbers on the Microsoft Advertising reliability page and current status on the Microsoft Advertising status page, or browse all 84 service grades.
This playbook was published separately until September 2026. It now lives here, alongside the live Microsoft Advertising status it applies to.
Microsoft Advertising status FAQ
Is Microsoft Advertising down right now?
No. Microsoft Advertising is operational in StatusBird's independent monitoring. That state began Sep 22, 2026 at 21:51 UTC and has lasted 15 days 12 hours. Last checked Oct 08, 2026 at 10:30 UTC.
How often does Microsoft Advertising go down?
StatusBird recorded zero major or critical Microsoft Advertising incidents in the last 90 days, at 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade. Minor degradation is excluded from that figure.
How long do Microsoft Advertising outages usually last?
StatusBird measured no major or critical Microsoft Advertising outages in the last 90 days. Counting every non-operational episode, including degraded performance, the average length was 2 minutes.
What is the chance Microsoft Advertising has a problem in the next 24 hours?
StatusBird's stack risk model puts the chance of any Microsoft Advertising degradation in the next 24 hours at 2% (normal) and the chance of a major or critical outage at 0% (normal). It is scored every 10 minutes from four inputs: how often Microsoft Advertising has had an episode over the last 180 days, whether it has had one in the last 24 hours or 7 days, how often its degradations turn into major outages, and whether the infrastructure it runs on is having trouble right now.
What should I do when Microsoft Advertising goes down?
Confirm the outage is on Microsoft Advertising's side rather than in your store, protect whatever the outage is breaking, and tell affected customers before they find out the hard way. The full step-by-step playbook for a Microsoft Advertising outage is on this page, under 'What to do when Microsoft Advertising is down'.
How do I get notified when Microsoft Advertising goes down?
Use the free email alert form on this page, which needs no account and covers major and critical outages. Or open a StatusBird account: the free plan monitors 1 service with a next-day digest, and Pro at $29 a month checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, or subscribe to Microsoft Advertising's own status page at ads.microsoft.com/status.
What should I do when Microsoft Advertising goes down? The full playbook is on this page.
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"Every figure we publish comes from the same 2-minute checks that trigger our customers' alerts. We publish the data exactly as we measured it, and anyone is free to cite it."
Sydney Murphy, founder of StatusBird
Cite this data: StatusBird monitoring data, https://statusbird.io/status/microsoft-ads, accessed October 08, 2026. See the methodology for how these numbers are measured.
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