Microsoft Teams goes down in Europe due to brutal increase in usage
The confinement of people and the increase in teleworking is putting infrastructure to the test. Platform crowd servers are under significant load due to coronavirus lockdown. Microsoft Team is not getting rid of this problem, seeing how its use has skyrocketed. Its increase has grown so much in such a short time that it is generating stability problems in the servers.
Teleworking is increasing significantly and this also causes an increase in digital work meetings. Microsoft reports that in Europe there are stability problems and connection failures. The infrastructure for this service was not dimensioned for such a large load, surpassing the company.
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Microsoft Teams is having trouble in Europe
Recently Microsoft Team it had fallen due to the increased load suffered by teleworking. Above all, the problem is in Europe, where most countries have confined citizens for the coronavirus. Its use has grown brutally by workers who cannot go to the office. An application that has become basic for many workers and is also used socially.
At the moment Microsoft has not provided information on the stability of the Teams service. The service has been interrupted for a few hours and the service has been gradually restored.
Normal Microsoft Teams may take a long time to return to normal. There are other alternatives to this tool such as Skype, Zoom, Slack or Discord to a bad one.
An increase in traffic that is causing problems in all infrastructures. YouTube, Netflix or Prime Video have adjusted the bitrate to lower the load a bit. Steam has exceeded 23.4 million simultaneous players. The brutal thing about these figures is that they may continue to rise in the coming weeks.
