Ever wanted to strangle Microsoft? Now Outlook, Skype 'throttle' users amid storm cloud drama

Weird error message triggered by Azure update blunder

Folks around the planet are today unable to use Microsoft Skype and Office 365's Outlook due to a baffling "Throttled" error message.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Cloud
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