The need for cloud focused business continuity is growing. In recent news, Microsoft Office 365 lost service for 17-hours halting access to OneDrive Accounts. Further, Outlook.com experienced login problems for a few hours during this same period. 

Ensuring there is no downtime for your business can be costly, as a result a balance needs to be reached for cost versus loss of service. During outages the biggest problem customers face is not knowing the health of their system. Some businesses can afford to have these types of outages occur but limiting this downtime is key for a properly functioning company. 

Microsoft released a statement targeting Managed Service Accounts as the only service impacted by the downtime. MSAs are installed on individual computers on site which was ultimately the reason for the 17 hour outage affecting just this service. Microsoft is trending away from MSA authentication protocols because it creates a single point of failure.

Simply put, if a business is not able to access its email for extended periods the productivity will ultimately suffer. Creating cloud focused continuity with your business can eliminate this problem in the event of future outages. 

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Joseph Tsidulko. Cloud Troubles: 17 Hour Office 365 OneDrive Outage And Outlook.com Interruption Shines The Spotlight On Need For Business Continuity. (March 2017). The Channel Company. Retrieved from http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300084286/cloud-troubles-17-hour-office-365-onedrive-outage-and-outlook-com-interruption-shines-the-spotlight-on-need-for-business-continuity.htm/pgno/0/2?cid=nl_crn