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Microsoft’s cloud hit by lightning

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Some severe weather brought down much of Microsoft’s Azure cloud in Microsoft’s South Central Azure region in USA.

The issue was caused by a lightning strike to Microsoft’s cooling system in San Antonio which  “resulted in a power voltage increase that impacted cooling systems.

Automated datacenter procedures to ensure data and hardware integrity went into effect and critical hardware entered a structured power down process.”

Affected systems included Office 365, Azure Active Directory and Visual Studio Team Services, but the issue now appears largely resolved, with the last status message saying:

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