Microsoft manages over 40 thousand data center servers worldwide that run thousands of business applications, processing 40 billion dollars of sales annually. These servers provide an essential service and need to be available and reliable or else can cost revenue. Microsoft wanted to reduce the financial impact of server failures by reducing the instance of failures. They succeeded and significantly reduced failures by using one of the most celebrated efficiency-boosting methodologies in business. Here’s how.
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