Azure Outages: An Exploratory Study of Root Causes, Types, Impact and Mitigation Strategies

Cloud computing is very important for today's businesses, and Microsoft Azure is one of the leading companies offering cloud services. Even though Azure has a strong system, problems can still happen, which can cause major interruptions for businesses that depend on it for important tasks. This paper explains the problems with Azure, what caused them, and how they affected other services that rely on it. It looks at past problems with Azure, studies what caused them, and talks about ways for companies to avoid these issues in the future. The paper suggests future ideas for Azure to make it stronger and more dependable.