<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:mswasd="http://www.windowsazurestatus.com/windowsazure/support/status/mswasd.htm"><channel><title>SQL Database - West US</title><link>http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/</link><description>Microsoft Windows Azure service component</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:32 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright>2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><image><url>http://www.windowsazurestatus.com/windowsazure/support/status/Images/logo.png</url><title>Windows Azure</title><link>http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/</link></image><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-12T22:22:52.977</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-18T17:05:36.717</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-18T17:54:52.630</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-18T18:43:09.760</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-20T02:39:44.337</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 2013  2:30AM We will continue the routine maintenance on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC. Customers may experience slower than expected time for provisioning requests. We will provide updates to the dashboard as we work through the maintenance window. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-21T17:39:30.380</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 2013  2:30AM We will continue the routine maintenance on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC. Customers may experience slower than expected time for provisioning requests. We will provide updates to the dashboard as we work through the maintenance window. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:35PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the incovenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:38PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-21T18:26:51.807</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 2013  2:30AM We will continue the routine maintenance on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC. Customers may experience slower than expected time for provisioning requests. We will provide updates to the dashboard as we work through the maintenance window. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:35PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the incovenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:38PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  6:25PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions started on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC and is scheduled to complete at 7:00 PM UTC. We will continue to update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-21T19:36:11.420</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 2013  2:30AM We will continue the routine maintenance on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC. Customers may experience slower than expected time for provisioning requests. We will provide updates to the dashboard as we work through the maintenance window. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:35PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the incovenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:38PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  6:25PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions started on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC and is scheduled to complete at 7:00 PM UTC. We will continue to update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  7:30PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions is taking longer than expected and is now scheduled to complete by 08:00 PM UTC. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-21T20:03:27.657</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 2013  2:30AM We will continue the routine maintenance on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC. Customers may experience slower than expected time for provisioning requests. We will provide updates to the dashboard as we work through the maintenance window. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:35PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the incovenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:38PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  6:25PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions started on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC and is scheduled to complete at 7:00 PM UTC. We will continue to update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  7:30PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions is taking longer than expected and is now scheduled to complete by 08:00 PM UTC. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  7:58PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions is now complete.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Impact</title><pubDate>2013-02-21T21:41:29.637</pubDate><description>Feb 12 2013 10:18PM We will be performing routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/18/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning functionality for the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:00PM We remain on schedule for the maintenance window today starting at 6:00 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  5:53PM The scheduled maintenance has been pushed out to 6:30 PM UTC. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 18 2013  6:42PM The scheduled maintenance has been suspended for today due to unforseen circumstances. We will update the dashboard when we have a committed date for the maintenance schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience.
&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 2013  2:30AM We will continue the routine maintenance on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC. Customers may experience slower than expected time for provisioning requests. We will provide updates to the dashboard as we work through the maintenance window. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:35PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the incovenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  5:38PM We are still on track to perform routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC that may impact the provisioning service functionality of the SQL Database service and dependent services. Customers may experience slower than expected time for meeting provisioning requests. The work window is expected to take an hour. We will update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  6:25PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions started on 2/21/2013 at 6:00 PM UTC and is scheduled to complete at 7:00 PM UTC. We will continue to update the Windows Azure Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with the latest updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  7:30PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions is taking longer than expected and is now scheduled to complete by 08:00 PM UTC. We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  7:58PM The scheduled routine maintenance in all SQL Database regions is now complete.&lt;br /&gt;Feb 21 2013  8:00PM Resolving, since the scheduled maintenance is now complete.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Service degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-09T02:34:32.517</pubDate><description>Mar  8 2013 10:20PM We are experiencing an issue with SQL Database  in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Service degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-09T02:34:32.527</pubDate><description>Mar  8 2013 10:20PM We are experiencing an issue with SQL Database  in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  8 2013 10:40PM The issue is limited to a very small number of SQL Databases (less than 1%) in the West US sub-region. All other sub-regions and the other SQL Databases in the West US sub-region are not impacted. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Service degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-09T02:34:32.530</pubDate><description>Mar  8 2013 10:20PM We are experiencing an issue with SQL Database  in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  8 2013 10:40PM The issue is limited to a very small number of SQL Databases (less than 1%) in the West US sub-region. All other sub-regions and the other SQL Databases in the West US sub-region are not impacted. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013 12:22AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team is continuing to work on identifying and recovering the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Service degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-09T02:34:32.540</pubDate><description>Mar  8 2013 10:20PM We are experiencing an issue with SQL Database  in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  8 2013 10:40PM The issue is limited to a very small number of SQL Databases (less than 1%) in the West US sub-region. All other sub-regions and the other SQL Databases in the West US sub-region are not impacted. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013 12:22AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team is continuing to work on identifying and recovering the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013  1:15AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team has identified and is working to recover the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Service degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-09T03:18:54.057</pubDate><description>Mar  8 2013 10:20PM We are experiencing an issue with SQL Database  in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  8 2013 10:40PM The issue is limited to a very small number of SQL Databases (less than 1%) in the West US sub-region. All other sub-regions and the other SQL Databases in the West US sub-region are not impacted. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013 12:22AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team is continuing to work on identifying and recovering the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013  1:15AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team has identified and is working to recover the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013  3:00AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team has identified and is working to recover the affected databases in the West US sub-region. We are reaching out to the impacted customers directly. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Service degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-09T13:12:17.830</pubDate><description>Mar  8 2013 10:20PM We are experiencing an issue with SQL Database  in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  8 2013 10:40PM The issue is limited to a very small number of SQL Databases (less than 1%) in the West US sub-region. All other sub-regions and the other SQL Databases in the West US sub-region are not impacted. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013 12:22AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team is continuing to work on identifying and recovering the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013  1:15AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team has identified and is working to recover the affected databases in the West US sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013  3:00AM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team has identified and is working to recover the affected databases in the West US sub-region. We are reaching out to the impacted customers directly. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar  9 2013  1:00PM The Windows Azure SQL Database operations team has identified root cause and has restored availability to all but 3 databases within the West US sub-region.  The team is working diligently to restore access to the remaining databases. There will be no further updates. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes to our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Red] SQL Azure Database Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T09:15:08.263</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013  9:07AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Red</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Red] SQL Azure Database Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T09:43:23.730</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013  9:07AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Red</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Red] SQL Azure Database Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T09:55:58.937</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013  7:53AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013  9:07AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Red</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Azure Database Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T11:41:32.827</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013  7:53AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013  9:07AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013 11:40AM We are making progress on service restoration and have seen an improved experience. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Azure Database Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T12:10:10.723</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013  7:53AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013  9:07AM We are currently investigating an issue in the West US region for the SQL Database service. This may also impact dependent services. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013 11:40AM We are making progress on service restoration and have seen an improved experience. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013 11:55AM We have found the issue and implemented a resolution. Service is now running as normal. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&#x0D;&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent Issues</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T22:26:26.600</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013 10:25PM We are experiencing an issue with Windows Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent Issues</title><pubDate>2013-03-11T22:44:26.907</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013 10:25PM We are experiencing an issue with Windows Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013 10:42PM We are experiencing intermittent issues with Create\Delete\Alter databases with SQL Azure Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue with and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent Issues</title><pubDate>2013-03-12T00:09:51.837</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013 10:25PM We are experiencing an issue with Windows Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013 10:42PM We are experiencing intermittent issues with Create\Delete\Alter databases with SQL Azure Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue with and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 12 2013 12:09AM We continue to work on repair steps to mitigate the issue. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent Issues</title><pubDate>2013-03-12T03:12:23.603</pubDate><description>Mar 11 2013 10:25PM We are experiencing an issue with Windows Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 11 2013 10:42PM We are experiencing intermittent issues with Create\Delete\Alter databases with SQL Azure Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue with and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 12 2013 12:09AM We continue to work on repair steps to mitigate the issue. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 12 2013  3:11AM We have found the issue and implemented a resolution. Service is now running as normal. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-30T22:37:54.107</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-30T22:52:16.590</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-30T23:40:43.923</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T00:38:46.810</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T01:46:37.957</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  1:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the intermittent create\drop database operation failures in this sub-region, with a focus on mitigating this issue as quickly as possible.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T02:39:41.720</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  1:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the intermittent create\drop database operation failures in this sub-region, with a focus on mitigating this issue as quickly as possible.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  2:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause and are working on steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T03:48:36.727</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  1:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the intermittent create\drop database operation failures in this sub-region, with a focus on mitigating this issue as quickly as possible.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  2:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause and are working on steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  3:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent create\drop database failures.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T04:49:14.207</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  1:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the intermittent create\drop database operation failures in this sub-region, with a focus on mitigating this issue as quickly as possible.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  2:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause and are working on steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  3:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent create\drop database failures.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  4:30AM We are currently executing repair steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T05:49:16.543</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  1:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the intermittent create\drop database operation failures in this sub-region, with a focus on mitigating this issue as quickly as possible.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  2:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause and are working on steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  3:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent create\drop database failures.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  4:30AM We are currently executing repair steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  5:30AM Repair steps are still in progress to mitigate impact from this incident.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] SQL Database Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-03-31T07:00:53.850</pubDate><description>Mar 30 2013  9:13PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 10:30PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 30 2013 11:30PM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013 12:30AM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  1:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of the intermittent create\drop database operation failures in this sub-region, with a focus on mitigating this issue as quickly as possible.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  2:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause and are working on steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  3:30AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of intermittent create\drop database failures.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  4:30AM We are currently executing repair steps to mitigate this issue.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  5:30AM Repair steps are still in progress to mitigate impact from this incident.  Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Mar 31 2013  5:55AM [RESOLVED] The repair steps have been successfully executed and validated.  Full service functionality has been restored in the West US sub-region.  We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Partial Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-04-02T02:54:49.313</pubDate><description>Apr  2 2013  2:40AM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Partial Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-04-02T03:40:59.077</pubDate><description>Apr  2 2013  2:40AM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr  2 2013  3:40AM We are continuing to investigate failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Partial Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-04-02T04:43:32.350</pubDate><description>Apr  2 2013  2:40AM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr  2 2013  3:40AM We are continuing to investigate failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr  2 2013  4:40AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of create\drop\alter database failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Partial Service Degradation</title><pubDate>2013-04-02T05:15:30.200</pubDate><description>Apr  2 2013  2:40AM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr  2 2013  3:40AM We are continuing to investigate failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr  2 2013  4:40AM We are continuing to investigate the root cause of create\drop\alter database failures in this sub-region so we can apply the appropriate mitigation steps. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr  2 2013  5:12AM We identified the root cause and the repair steps have been successfully executed and validated.  Full service functionality has been restored in the West US sub-region.  We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Service Degradation in West US Region</title><pubDate>2013-04-13T20:04:16.203</pubDate><description>Apr 13 2013  8:02PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Service Degradation in West US Region</title><pubDate>2013-04-13T20:55:50.360</pubDate><description>Apr 13 2013  8:02PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr 13 2013  8:54PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Service Degradation in West US Region</title><pubDate>2013-04-13T21:55:17.630</pubDate><description>Apr 13 2013  8:02PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr 13 2013  8:54PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr 13 2013  9:54PM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Service Degradation in West US Region</title><pubDate>2013-04-13T22:42:29.243</pubDate><description>Apr 13 2013  8:02PM We are experiencing intermittent failures with Create\Delete\Alter database operations with Azure SQL Database in the West US sub-region. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr 13 2013  8:54PM We are continuing to investigate intermittent failures with create\delete\alter database operations in this sub-region. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr 13 2013  9:54PM We are still troubleshooting this issue and are working to mitigate as soon as possible. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Apr 13 2013 10:41PM [RESOLVED] Repair steps have been successfully executed and validated.  Full service functionality has been restored in the West US sub-region.  We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Service Management impact</title><pubDate>2013-05-25T18:06:05.117</pubDate><description>May 25 2013  6:00PM We will be performing routine maintenance activity that will impact a subset of Service Management functions for Windows Azure SQL Database service in all regions. This window of maintenance is planned starting from May 30th 2013 3:00pm PDT, and should last approximately 2 hours. Expected impact includes problems with  Create, Update and Delete operations on Logical SQL Database servers and inability of newly provisioned subscriptions to use SQL Database service during the period of the maintenance activity. New Subscriptions created during the maintenance time period will be able to use the SQL Database service after the maintenance is complete. Operations on SQL Database such as  Create, Update, Delete or Read and availability of existing Databases are not impacted by this maintenance activity . Applications &amp; services (including web sites and mobile services) that use existing Databases or create new Databases in existing servers will not be impacted. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Service Management impact</title><pubDate>2013-05-30T22:02:58.237</pubDate><description>May 25 2013  6:00PM We will be performing routine maintenance activity that will impact a subset of Service Management functions for Windows Azure SQL Database service in all regions. This window of maintenance is planned starting from May 30th 2013 3:00pm PDT, and should last approximately 2 hours. Expected impact includes problems with  Create, Update and Delete operations on Logical SQL Database servers and inability of newly provisioned subscriptions to use SQL Database service during the period of the maintenance activity. New Subscriptions created during the maintenance time period will be able to use the SQL Database service after the maintenance is complete. Operations on SQL Database such as  Create, Update, Delete or Read and availability of existing Databases are not impacted by this maintenance activity . Applications &amp; services (including web sites and mobile services) that use existing Databases or create new Databases in existing servers will not be impacted. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;May 30 2013 10:00PM The planned maintenance operation has been started. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. &lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Service Management impact</title><pubDate>2013-05-30T23:02:03.420</pubDate><description>May 25 2013  6:00PM We will be performing routine maintenance activity that will impact a subset of Service Management functions for Windows Azure SQL Database service in all regions. This window of maintenance is planned starting from May 30th 2013 3:00pm PDT, and should last approximately 2 hours. Expected impact includes problems with  Create, Update and Delete operations on Logical SQL Database servers and inability of newly provisioned subscriptions to use SQL Database service during the period of the maintenance activity. New Subscriptions created during the maintenance time period will be able to use the SQL Database service after the maintenance is complete. Operations on SQL Database such as  Create, Update, Delete or Read and availability of existing Databases are not impacted by this maintenance activity . Applications &amp; services (including web sites and mobile services) that use existing Databases or create new Databases in existing servers will not be impacted. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;May 30 2013 10:00PM The planned maintenance operation has been started. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. &lt;br /&gt;May 30 2013 11:00PM The maintenance process is currently on track. Further updates will be published as the maintenance window progresses or upon completion of work. &lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Green(Info)</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Green(Info)] Scheduled Maintenance - Potential Service Management impact</title><pubDate>2013-05-31T00:07:47.837</pubDate><description>May 25 2013  6:00PM We will be performing routine maintenance activity that will impact a subset of Service Management functions for Windows Azure SQL Database service in all regions. This window of maintenance is planned starting from May 30th 2013 3:00pm PDT, and should last approximately 2 hours. Expected impact includes problems with  Create, Update and Delete operations on Logical SQL Database servers and inability of newly provisioned subscriptions to use SQL Database service during the period of the maintenance activity. New Subscriptions created during the maintenance time period will be able to use the SQL Database service after the maintenance is complete. Operations on SQL Database such as  Create, Update, Delete or Read and availability of existing Databases are not impacted by this maintenance activity . Applications &amp; services (including web sites and mobile services) that use existing Databases or create new Databases in existing servers will not be impacted. We will update the Windows Azure Service Dashboard as we work through this maintenance window with latest updates and expected impact. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.&lt;br /&gt;May 30 2013 10:00PM The planned maintenance operation has been started. Further updates will be published to keep you apprised of the situation. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. &lt;br /&gt;May 30 2013 11:00PM The maintenance process is currently on track. Further updates will be published as the maintenance window progresses or upon completion of work. &lt;br /&gt;May 30 2013 11:09PM The planned maintenance completed on schedule and the service is running normally. If you are currently experiencing any issues please escalate through customer support. Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused. &lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent database availability issues in West US region</title><pubDate>2013-06-14T18:28:13.820</pubDate><description>Jun 14 2013  5:30PM We are experiencing problems in Azure SQL Database for the West US region that may result in a limited number of users experiencing connectivity problems to their databases. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent database availability issues in West US region</title><pubDate>2013-06-14T19:28:01.017</pubDate><description>Jun 14 2013  5:30PM We are experiencing problems in Azure SQL Database for the West US region that may result in a limited number of users experiencing connectivity problems to their databases. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Jun 14 2013  7:27PM We are working on repair steps to address the issue. Some customers may still experience connectivity problems for their databases. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Yellow</mswasd:status></item><item><title>[SQL Database] [West US] [Yellow] Intermittent database availability issues in West US region</title><pubDate>2013-06-14T21:57:56.817</pubDate><description>Jun 14 2013  5:30PM We are experiencing problems in Azure SQL Database for the West US region that may result in a limited number of users experiencing connectivity problems to their databases. We are actively investigating this issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Jun 14 2013  7:27PM We are working on repair steps to address the issue. Some customers may still experience connectivity problems for their databases. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing our customers.&lt;br /&gt;Jun 14 2013  9:50PM The repair steps have been completed and database connectivity has been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused our customers.&lt;br /&gt;</description><mswasd:status>Resolved</mswasd:status></item></channel></rss>