Rookie system engineer happily posts "First day on the job"! Microsoft is in a global crisis today
Quick Look
- Microsoft experienced a global cloud service outage today, affecting core services such as Outlook and Teams.
- A netizen posted a post on Threads claiming to be a new Microsoft engineer and posted a photo of his check-in, triggering millions of netizens to make pilgrimages and ridicule.
- After investigation, the account was suspected of posting in reverse.
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Why It Matters
Microsoft reported a large-scale global outage today, paralyzing many core cloud and productivity services.
Microsoft (Microsoft) reported a large-scale global outage today. Many core cloud and productivity services were paralyzed, causing widespread suffering among users around the world. While engineers around the world were busy making repairs, some netizens found a post that went viral on the social platform Threads. A netizen who claimed to be a new system engineer at Microsoft excitedly posted a photo of clocking in in front of the Microsoft logo and shouted, "Wish me good luck on my first day at work." The post instantly attracted more than a million people, and netizens laughed and said, "Which button did you press?" However, after checking the past content of the poster, it was determined that the account appeared to be posting in jest under a different identity.
A system engineer posted a post on Threads today, posting a photo of the Microsoft campus sign, and attached an emoticon with heart eyes, and excitedly wrote "first day as a system engineer at Microsoft wish me luck! (First day as a system engineer at Microsoft, wish me luck!)".
A few hours before he posted, Microsoft reported a large-scale crash, including Outlook email, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint and Copilot.
However, checking the past records of the posting account, it seems that it is a content creator account that often posts interesting and attractive posts. It is suspected that this time the account is just posting as a Microsoft engineer.
Even so, many foreign netizens are still involved in the drama, and even Taiwanese netizens have joined in, leaving messages: "We caught the war criminal", "Brother, what have you done? Keep doing it", "No matter what you pull out, don't plug it back in", "Stop fixing it, let everyone enjoy a happy Friday". The post currently has more than 1.5 million views and 2,000 comments.
Open Questions
- What is the true identity of the account holder?
