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Microsoft says it has seen a 775% increase in use of its cloud services worldwide in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders

I'm just old enough to remember the days … Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Microsoft makes tweaks to Xbox Live and Teams to handle spike in demand Simon Sharwood / The Register : Microsoft reveals 775 percent Azure surge, quotas on some resources and ‘significant new capacity’ coming ASAP Emily Gera / VG247 : Microsoft experiences 775% surge in cloud demand during global health pandemic Anmol / MSPoweruser : Azure being overwhelmed by 775% surge in demand in lockdown regions Aaron Alford / Dot Esports : Microsoft cloud services experience unprecedented traffic due to coronavirus outbreak Tweets: Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “Microsoft has seen seen a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders.” https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... I'm proud of my colleagues who are making this happen. All parts of the business are working hard. Go team! George Walters / @geo_walters : “We have seen a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders.” Thank you all for hanging together through this. Help one another. Wash hands. Be safe. https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... Christiaan Brinkhoff / @brinkhoff_c : Good read. “Windows Virtual Desktop (#WVD) usage has grown more than 3x with over 775% increase of our overall Cloud Services” >> Update #2 on #Microsoft @Azure cloud services #continuity. #WFH Read more here: https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... Scott Piper / @0xdabbad00 : Azure experiencing - over 7x increase in cloud services in some regions - 38% increase of Teams daily users in last 7 days (32M->44M) - 3x Virtual Desktop usage https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... Kevin Beaumont / @gossithedog : Really good blog from MS about Azure, they're seeing big sudden increases in cloud adoption across the globe. https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

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  • @trengriffin Tren Griffin on x
    “Microsoft has seen seen a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders.” https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... I'm proud of my colleagues who are making this happen. All parts of the business are working hard. G…
  • @geo_walters George Walters on x
    “We have seen a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders.” Thank you all for hanging together through this. Help one another. Wash hands. Be safe. https://azure.microsoft.com/ ...
  • @brinkhoff_c Christiaan Brinkhoff on x
    Good read. “Windows Virtual Desktop (#WVD) usage has grown more than 3x with over 775% increase of our overall Cloud Services” >> Update #2 on #Microsoft @Azure cloud services #continuity. #WFH Read more here: https://azure.microsoft.com/ ...
  • @0xdabbad00 Scott Piper on x
    Azure experiencing - over 7x increase in cloud services in some regions - 38% increase of Teams daily users in last 7 days (32M->44M) - 3x Virtual Desktop usage https://azure.microsoft.com/ ...
  • @gossithedog Kevin Beaumont on x
    Really good blog from MS about Azure, they're seeing big sudden increases in cloud adoption across the globe. https://azure.microsoft.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...