https://www.grahamcluley.com/microsoft-teams-goes-down-as-europe-starts-work... As millions of people across Europe choose to work remotely rather than head into the office in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, a widely-used communication and collaboration tool that allows workers to have video meetings, chat, and share files has gone down. Microsoft Teams posted on its Twitter support account that it was aware that users were experiencing problems using the service: We’re investigating messaging-related functionality problems within Microsoft Teams. Please refer to TM206544 in your admin center for further details. Obviously this is hardly the ideal time for Microsoft Teams to go down. Tweets from Microsoft Teams users As more and more businesses tell their workers not to travel into the office, and more schools switch to teaching pupils online, we’re likely to see more internet services stumble as they attempt to handle the sudden increased usage. And don’t forget – the teams at those companies providing the internet services are likely to have their own workers logging in remotely, trying to fix systems via the laptop on their dining room table. Strange days indeed. Northern Line train at 08.00 this morning. Driver has just reminded us: “All passengers to keep 6 feet apart”. pic.twitter.com/4yuPfk5Qs8 — Robert Howard (@ProfRobHoward) March 16, 2020 Update: Some users are now reporting that Microsoft Teams services have returned to normal. ____ Ulteriore aggiornamento: io confermo che Microsoft Teams NON sta funzionando in questo momento per alcuni utenti. Per altri sì. Si tratta di una delle tante idiozie che il coronavirus sta smascherando: il cloud dei GAFAM è centralizzato, e NON scala all'infinito, checché ne dica il marketing (cui qualsiasi ingegnere competente non darebbe alcun credito... ma cosa volete... è merce rara). I sistemi distribuiti, invece, scalano quanto serve. Ricordiamocelo. Le scuole non hanno bisogno di Google Classroom, Edmodo, Teams, Zoom etc... Hanno bisogno di server in loco, in grado di supportare il carico necessario e non di più. (ed in grado di rappresentare un'infrastruttura informatica riconvertibile in casi di emergenza inattesi) Giacomo