Microsoft Is Moving Github Over to Azure Servers
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Microsoft is migrating GitHub to Azure servers, a move that has sparked some discussion about the implications of this change, but overall has been met with a muted response from the HN community.
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7bit
3 months ago
1 replyIt would have been nice if the article would have mention from where it will be migrated to Azure.
beardyw
3 months ago
> GitHub’s chief technology officer, made the Azure migration announcement internally earlier this week, noting that GitHub is currently struggling with data center capacity. GitHub is currently hosted on the company’s own hardware, centrally located in Virginia.
gnabgib
3 months ago
Related GitHub will prioritize migrating to Azure over feature development (84 points, 1 day ago, 56 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45517173
LorenDB
3 months ago
https://archive.ph/LgGTT
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