Microsoft's Global Outage May Be Worse Than Amazon's Or Crowdstrike's, Expert Says
Slashdot, quoting a report from Ars Technica, says a global outage affecting a wide range of Microsoft 365 services was still ongoing Friday morning after starting midday Thursday. The outage hit users of Microsoft email, cloud and AI services. Microsoft documented the full list of affected services and moved early Friday to protect customers from losing emails during the disruption. The headline attributes to an expert the view that the outage may be worse than Amazon's or CrowdStrike's, though the excerpt does not name the expert or explain the comparison.
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Microsoft's Global Outage May Be Worse Than Amazon's Or Crowdstrike's, Expert Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A global outage taking down a wide range of Microsoft 365 services remains ongoing Friday morning. The outage started midday Thursday, impacting users of Microsoft email, cloud, and AI services. Microsoft has documented the full list of services impacted by the error, while moving early Friday morning to protect customers around the world from losing emails during the extended disruptions. "Recovery actions are ongoing," the Microsoft 365 St
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Why is Microsoft's outage lasting so long and will emails be lost?
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