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Microsoft azure hit by global outages
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Microsoft's cloud service Azure suffered major issues on Wednesday, affecting services worldwide including in Sweden. The disruptions began around 5 p.m. Swedish time and are expected to be resolved by midnight. Several Swedish sites like Systembolaget and SAS were temporarily down.
Microsoft azure outage disrupts cloud services worldwide
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Amazon AWS outage disrupts internet services worldwide
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