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Microsoft Says It Is Working On Fix After Users Report Skype, Outlook, Xbox Live Outages (foxnews.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: A huge outage hit Microsoft services Tuesday morning, with users across the globe experiencing problems accessing Outlook, Xbox and Skype. Users were unable to log onto the Outlook email client via mobile devices and received an error message when trying to access the desktop version of the service. Users also reportedly experienced problems with Microsoft's Xbox and Skype services. Microsoft acknowledged the Xbox issues in a statement posted to its Xbox Live status page. "Another issue has been identified that is causing problems for some members signing in to Xbox Live. The team is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience," it said.
Given that Wikileaks has revealed this morning that the CIA receives transcripts of Skype chats, I wonder if there is a connection.
Agreed. I would consider them being down a blessing, not a problem.
I'm assuming these Software as a Service systems are running on some kind of Azure system run by Microsoft. Not good publicity. Amazon's AWS had problems last week. So much for cloud-only storage of important, immediately needed data or services.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
You'd think people would learn by now...Buy a decent computer, wipe it out, and install Linux. Everything they build is spyware anyway. It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to implement the AI they've been working on in someway and it cause every popular communication service they have to crash. Think about that. Out of everything else they do, those platforms crash. Damn you Cortona and you're thirst for gossip! (Shakes fist) Women drivers!...Imagine what happens when that AI gets "sick" and everyone blindly keeps being sucked into Mucro$oft's cloud computing plans. Jesus...