Even Microsoft Suffers from Dreaded Server Outages
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On Tuesday, a number of Microsoft services including Windows Live, Hotmail and Xbox Live were not available to users. In this eWeek report, Microsoft suggests that the outage was caused by a single server failure by saying that when one server failed, Windows Live ID logins started failing for some customers, and this increased the load on the remaining servers.
"Microsoft apparently needed time to resolve what it called the 'logjam' due to increased load on the remaining servers. As it seeks to compete against Google and other cloud-based service providers, Microsoft is porting an increasing number of services, notably stripped-down versions of its Office 2010 applications, onto Windows Live.
"The company was, inevitably,'sorry for the inconvenience.'
"Microsoft's Live platform is becoming an integral part of the company's overall strategy as it makes increased initiatives into the cloud space, while Hotmail remains second behind Yahoo in number of U.S. users."
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