Microsoft plans to disable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 encryption support in its Azure Storage service next month. Azure Storage won't support the SSL 3.0 security protocol starting on Feb. 20, ...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform faced a worldwide outage in its storage services from Friday afternoon because of an expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate. The company also reported problems ...

It looks like Microsoft has had its fair share of problems this week. Microsoft Azure, a cloud-based computer platform, suffered from outages yesterday beginning at 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time.

Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud storage service went down worldwide late Friday afternoon, just as I was getting ready to call it a week. An expired SSL certificate was the cause of the outage, ...

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