Microsoft: A “safety valve” issue caused Windows Azure outage August 3, 2012 by admin Tweet Microsoft has offered a more detailed explanation for what caused a recent European outage of its Windows Azure service, saying that a “safety valve” issue caused the shutdown. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:CrowdStrike finally explains in brief what caused…Explosion at Google's U.S. data center may have…Microsoft says the early June outage to its services…Microsoft is trying to fix yet another outage that…Microsoft announces safety and performance upgrades…