About this tag
The identity dependency tag covers discussions about how cloud outages can disrupt services that rely on identity systems, extending the impact beyond the original provider. Recent coverage examines failures involving Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, and how they can affect businesses, consumer applications, developer workflows, and other connected services. It focuses on the operational reality that major cloud incidents are predictable risks rather than rare events, highlighting the need to treat identity dependency as part of outage planning, resilience work, and broader IT continuity decisions.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Cloud Outages Are Predictable—Stop Treating Them Like Rare Weather

    Cloud outages over the past year have shown that failures at Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure can disrupt businesses, consumer apps, developer workflows, and identity-dependent services far beyond the original cloud platform. The lesson is no longer that hyperscalers sometimes fail...