Microsoft Cloud Service Azure Experienced Global Outage
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Azure cloud-computing service, a critical part of Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s plan to remake the software company, experienced a major global outage yesterday that lasted for around five hours.
Azure, which lets businesses access computing resources and run programs via the Internet, was restored after a disruption that affected at least six major components in multiple data centers, the world’s biggest software maker said on its website.
Microsoft’s cloud-computing service, which competes against rival businesses from Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., also experienced some outages in August.
Nadella, who built up Microsoft’s cloud-computing business before he was promoted to CEO in February, seldom misses an opportunity to promote Azure, which is part of his “Mobile First, Cloud First” strategy.
Azure has enabled Microsoft to partner with other companies. Last year, Microsoft and Oracle Corp. said businesses would be able to buy middleware and database products from Oracle on the Azure cloud.
Source: bloomberg
