ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft Azure experienced a global outage on October 29.Microsoft customer-facing services were affected.Recovery came later that same day, but some problems linger. Last week,

As Azure crumbled, Microsoft laid out its latest 40% growth rate numbers to show how well the platform is doing

Microsoft's Azure and its suite of productivity software were down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Azure DevOps Server is the replacement for Team Foundation Server, rebranding the on-premises tool and adding on-premises versions of many of the features in the cloud-hosted Azure DevOps Services. If you’re running TFS 2015 or later, you can upgrade, which may be a good option as TFS 2015 is no longer supported and will not get security updates.

The most important number in Microsoft's earnings call could be its Azure forecast, particularly as investors assess the sustainability of cloud growth and the company's ability to meet demand in the face of supply constraints.

Microsoft (($MSFT)) has held its Q1 earnings call. Read on for the main highlights of the call. Microsoft’s recent earnings call painted a picture