Azure maintenance mess disrupts hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/10/01/azure-maintenance-mess-disrupts-hybrid-clouds-vpns-cloudy-vmware-services/5300333 |
| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:54:57 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-10-01T01:57:06.382Z |
| Last seen | 2026-10-01T01:57:06.382Z |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); off-prem Azure maintenance mess disrupts hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how Simon Sharwood Simon Sharwood APAC Editor Published thu 1 Oct 2026 // 00:54 UTC READ MORE 16-year-old researcher found a Microsoft bug, got admin access to databases with 17.3 trillion rows 5 hours ago Drunk Van Halen fan called Microsoft support and demanded to speak to Gates 12 hours ago Microsoft sends PDFs to strange new worlds instead of SharePoint 1…
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