Cloud Computing

I’ve been pretty vocal here on the blog and on social media about the reliability problems with Microsoft Fabric. Today, I’ve got good news: Microsoft released a new Fabric status page and a known issues page, something that really does take guts given the current reliability situation. The status page still appears to be manually…

Update 2025/07/21: Microsoft heard the complaints, and fixed the reliability added a better status page. Baby steps. Last week, Microsoft Fabric went down yet again for hours on multiple continents. Oh, you didn’t hear about it? Let’s talk about why. First, Fabric’s status page is fabricated bullshit. The link https://aka.ms/fabricsupport takes you to a localized…

To celebrate this month’s launch of our new class, Fundamentals of Azure Networking for the Data Professional, we’re making one video a day completely free. Here’s what’s on tap this week: July 24: Demo: Working With a VPN July 25: Hub and Spoke vs Mesh Design Patterns July 26: Microsoft-Managed Virtual Networks July 27: Demo:…

To celebrate this month’s launch of our new class, Fundamentals of Azure Networking for the Data Professional, we’re making one video a day completely free. Here’s what’s on tap this week: July 17: Demo: Using Virtual Networks for Data Services July 18: Demo: Private Networks Without Public Access July 19: Demo: Multiple Private Networks July…

Raise your hand if you’ve ever blamed the network. You’re responsible for the health, security, and uptime of your company’s data services in Azure. You’ve provisioned a few services, but every now and then, you run into problems making your services reachable and reliable from different users and app servers. You want to understand: Your…