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> But in the latest version, the Microsoft Azure reference is gone, and in its place is Google Cloud Platform. Ouch. For Apple to move to Google's cloud infras

• dkersten 9y ago
  A friend messaged me this morning saying he logged into his work Office 365 account and noticed a lot of the URL's (eg for attachments and such) point to AWS services like S3. If Microsoft themselves use AWS instead of Azure.. wtf?
  • addicted 9y ago
    That would be surprising. Although it’s also possible they have 3rd party extensions which are making the AWS calls.
    • TomMarius 9y ago
      They also might use Amazon to improve (speed up) the experience in regions where Azure doesn't operate.
      • dkersten 9y ago
        Could be, I didn’t look into it myself since I don’t have an O365 account.
  • maxyme 9y ago
    I actually interviewed for the O365 team and yes, they said they don't trust Azure at all and host everything they can on their own private cloud. Didn't hear anything about S3 but they really didn't trust Azure, wouldn't be surprised.
    • oblio 9y ago
      They don't trust Azure as in "Azure is flaky", or "we're running our own unit, here"? https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-invented-here-syndrome/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-... Though I think their average quality has went down lately (from the days of Excel pcode to the current days of Office 365), I've been seeing Powershell exceptions thrown directly in the UI in the Office 365 Admin...
• jasonlotito 9y ago
  Or, more likely, GCE offered deep discounts.