Microsoft Azure Outages have been a significant concern for businesses and developers relying on the cloud service for their operations, here are some things to know.
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Microsoft's Azure services experienced a significant outage on July 30 due to a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack.
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The outage impacted multiple services, including Application Insights, Azure App Services, Azure Log Search Alerts etc.
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The outage was caused by a sophisticated DDoS attack and an error in Microsoft’s internal DDoS protection software.
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The DDoS protection software overutilized resources, worsening the impact of the attack, and components like Azure Content Delivery Network.
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Effective mitigation requires regular testing and validation, including disaster recovery drills, attack simulations etc.
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Organizations should establish clear service level agreements (SLAs) with cloud providers.
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Developing a detailed incident response plan, training employees, and ensuring prompt and coordinated response.