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Microsoft: Cloud services demand up 775 percent; prioritization rules in place

Posted by skybrian
Tags: microsoft, coronaviruses.covid19, computing.cloud, author.mary jo foley, source.zdnet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-cloud-services-demand-up-775-percent-prioritization-rules-in-place-due-to-covid-19/

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Mary Jo Foley
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Mar 29 2020
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  1. skybrian
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    From the article: [...]

    From the article:

    Microsoft officials say the company has seen a 775 percent increase in demand for its cloud services in regions enforcing social distancing and/or shelter-in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. On March 28, officials also elaborated on some of the temporary cloud-service restrictions that Microsoft has put in place as a result of the pandemic.

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    Last week, officials acknowledged the company has been throttling some "non-essential" Office 365 services so as to continue to meet demand. A number of Azure customers in Europe also have been hitting restrictions when trying to spin up virtual machines and some other services there, as Microsoft has been prioritizing health-related workloads given the COVID-19 pandemic

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  2. Death
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    Wondering if this is related to likely increased load on their other products as well, like office online or Teams for meetings.

    Wondering if this is related to likely increased load on their other products as well, like office online or Teams for meetings.

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