Microsoft cloud issues continue with more global outages
Problems persist for users of Microsoft 365 services and Azure
Microsoft's cloud computing services are continuing to experience issues after outages resurfaced this week. A serious Azure Active Directory authentication issue emerged last week, followed by an Exchange/Outlook problem that affected Office 365 customers in Europe and India. Now, Exchange, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint users are experiencing difficulties.
(Emphasis added. At this point, I would stop and ask: does anyone recognize a pattern here? Continuing . . .)
Although Microsoft began this week by warning users that residual issues should be expected, the extent of the problems saw a number of angry tweets sent in the direction of the Redmond-based company nonetheless.
[...] The multitude of issues means that it is difficult to pinpoint a single cause for the disruptions. Speculation initially centred on a DevOps issue, while a configuration change was blamed for some of the early Azure outages. The Microsoft 365 team, meanwhile, has attempted to reassure users that its problems are being resolved.
It might just be me, but it seems that most major internet companies use Linux for their OS; and other proven software for authentication, directories, email and other services.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday October 12 2020, @05:11PM
Follow Up: Windows Subsystem for Linux in More Detail [soylentnews.org] (April 2016)
Great News: Wine Runs on Windows Subsystem for Linux [soylentnews.org] (February 2017)
Windows 10 Will Soon Ship with a Full, Open Source, GPLed Linux Kernel [soylentnews.org] (May 2019)
Call Me Crazy, but Windows 11 Could Run On Linux [soylentnews.org] (September 2019)
Microsoft Windows Linux for Everybody [soylentnews.org] (March)
Microsoft Defender for Linux is Coming. This is What you Need to Know [soylentnews.org] (March)
Microsoft Brings its File Explorer to Windows 10 WSL with New Windows Insider Update [soylentnews.org] (April)
Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 [soylentnews.org] (May)
Microsoft Edge Comes to Linux Next Month [soylentnews.org] (September)
Open Source's Eric Raymond: Windows 10 Will Soon be Just an Emulation Layer on Linux Kernel [soylentnews.org] (September)
What we'll probably end up with, eventually, is a Linux-based Windows operating system with a proprietary Super-WINE for running legacy applications without the user knowing the difference. Microsoft will get the bulk of its revenue from cloud services.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]