Microsoft services partly down Down Under for Kiwi users

Microsoft Azure went down for customers in New Zealand earlier today, taking with it parts of Microsoft 365 and bite-sized chunks of the working day for employees still dealing with the effects of previous outages. The Windows giant admitted that there were issues with Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, for …

[Anonymous Coward]

I said to support

“This is outlandish!”

He said “I understand your concern” and

Offered me a vegemite sandwich.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, NZ.

Marmite** thank you very much - and not that banned english muck of the same name.

(** Personally I actually prefer eating that which begins with V, hence posting as AC)

[druck]

Yes, Veal, mmm.

[An_Old_Dog]

Cloud Residency

I am reconsidering the wisdom of transferring all my data to the cloud.

Did this person ever truly "consider" the wisdom of doing so, in the first place?

I think The Cloud is great, for those niche use cases where it is a good and wise fit. 99% of business use cases are not a good and wise fit.

[Tron]

The downtime was caused by foolhardiness.

Use proper software that lives on your silicon and local storage. Make sure you have back up power and you will still be working hard when everyone else is being chased by zombies outside.