Microsoft to Open-Source Its Secret Weapon Against Cloud Network Outages

Microsoft researchers said they’re planning to open-source Open Network Emulator, the system that simulates the entire network that powers the company’s hyperscale cloud platform • The company has been using it for about a year to test changes made to the network before they’re deployed in production • The researchers said Microsoft’s network engineers caught hundreds of bugs in proposed changes, potentially preventing major outages
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