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8Dec

By Bob BarcusNo Comments

Internet, Tech News, Tech Talk

Outages Caused Problems in 2020

The internet is a magical place. In fact, it's so magical that I don't think that any of us really understand how it works. Apparently, I'm not alone. Even the big guys have experienced outages throughout the year. Let's look back at some of the biggest outages of 2020. Microsoft Microsoft Azure had a failure on March 3, 2020, that lasted more than six hours. It impacted Microsoft's East US region and was caused by a "malfunction in building automation control caused temperatures in multiple rooms of a data center in the East US region to spike impacting Storage, Compute, Networking and other dependent services." This was followed up by another outage impacting European customers between March 24th and 26th. This "outage" was caused when Microsoft's system were overwhelmed by...

Microsoft 365 Service Problems on October 7, 2020

If you're experiencing problems this afternoon, you're not alone. According to Microsoft, users are unable to access Microsoft 365 services. These services include Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook.com, and SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business. Microsoft says that it is currently investigating the cause of the issue. According to DownDetector, they are showing more than 21,000 reports of problems with Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). Of the top 12 reported items on their homepage, 7 of the services shown are Microsoft products and services. These include: Office 365, Outlook.com, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Exchange, Minecraft, and OneDrive. All of the services have shown sharp increases in problems being reported. Microsoft 365 just ex...

Tech Headlines for Tuesday, August 25, 2020

You can listen to Tech Talk on WTCA AM 1050 and FM 106.1 in Plymouth, Indiana, every Tuesday morning at 8:30 am. Join Bob and Rusty and they discuss the latest technology news and whatever else comes to mind. Zoom Service Disruption Many Zoom users experienced major disruptions on Monday, August 24, 2020, after the service went down. Given that many people are still working from home or remotely, a disruption of this type surely made plenty of people upset. According to an email sent to customers, Velchamy Sankarlingam, President of Product and Engineering said, "We always take very seriously our responsibility to keep you connected, and we know that you are relying on us during this particularly challenging time. We deeply regret this incident and sincerely ap...