Microsoft Windows Azure Storage experienced a global(!) outage due to an expired SSL certificate

Since Friday, 22. February, 12:44 PM PST Microsoft Windows Azure Storage suffers massive problems worldwide(!). This happened due to an expired SSL certificate. The outage has also affected Azure Storage dependent services (see screenshot). Currently, Microsoft is working to restore all services. First test deployments seem to show success. More to find on the Windows Azure Service Dashboard.

Microsoft Windows Azure Storage experienced a global(!) outage due to an expired SSL certificate

Pity, since Windows Azure Storage has recently won a Nasuni performance competition against Amazon S3.

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