Microsoft owns up to its latest Azure fumble

Once the outage was recognized, Microsoft worked around the clock to correct the roll-out. AWS users were connected to the cloud within hours of the original service loss. Despite suffering multiple major outages within a few months of one another, Microsoft seems dedicated to taking the flub in stride. Going forward, the company promised customers that it would work to rectify the front-end data blob problem immediately. The company has promised to post on its system health information board more often as well.

Recovery tips for for IT
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