When Azure could not be reached — Analysis of a global Public Cloud Outage

The inside of the cloud is “somebody else’s computer” — not an abstract, perfect mechanism

Microsoft provided valuable insight into the behind the scenes situation for a global network incident that happened about a year ago. In this article I try to summarize my understanding of the situation — cause and effect. And my conclusion. In short: the cloud is just someone else’s computer, not a magical place where everything is always perfect. Real people…