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February 6, 2026: A whopping one (1) new Azure Latch code(s) is here for the February. What are the new Azure Latch codes? Becoming the ultimate egoist takes far more than a few fancy tricks, though ...

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Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

Microsoft MSFT-0.31%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported widespread outages to its Azure cloud and 365 services, hours before the company was due to report its quarterly earnings. The company ...

A major Microsoft outage has caused services like 365 and Azure cloud platform to go dark hours before the company was set to report its quarterly earnings, CNBC reports. According to Downdetector, ...

Microsoft was hit with an outage affecting its Azure and 365 services hours before the company was scheduled to report quarterly results. "We are investigating an issue with the Azure Portal where ...

The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure’s downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes. Microsoft's problems ...

Two cascading disruptions tied to Azure Front Door updates left global users unable to access the Azure Portal, offering a case study in how cloud complexity and outdated APIs can turn maintenance ...

It’s the first major change to GitHub since losing its CEO. It’s the first major change to GitHub since losing its CEO. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Microsoft says it has been enforcing multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Portal sign-ins across all tenants since March 2025. The company's Azure MFA enforcement efforts were announced in May ...