Is Microsoft Azure dead?
Deaditude Score:
53.1%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Not officially dead. But spiritually? Deceased.
*Data last collected: 7 Jan 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
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Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
2010
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Dead End
Question Metrics
Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
196,575
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
275
Posts
5.5
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+12.5%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐จ
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Microsoft Azure detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysBuilt a full Azure Static Web Apps app for my wifeโs small business using Cursor โ she just finished her first full month on it, then I genericised and open-sourced it
r/AZURE7 days ago
83(90%)33
Azure Front Door: Implementing lessons learned following October outages
r/AZURE15 days ago
73(100%)8
Azure down again?
r/AZURE9 days ago
61(94%)62
do they even answer?
r/AZURE10 days ago
59(92%)59
Microsoft Entra Agent ID (Preview): What it is and why it matters?
r/AZURE22 days ago
51(85%)22
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
13,467๐ฎ๐ณIndia
3,535๐ฉ๐ชGermany
2,442๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
2,380๐จ๐ฆCanada
1,122๐ซ๐ทFrance
838Market Summary
23,784
Total Jobs
๐ข
319,545
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Microsoft Azure is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Microsoft Azure gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
60
Posts
Community Interest
Average points29.2
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Outage at Microsoft Azure
2 months ago
62
Microsoft Azure Outage
2 months ago
31
Service Health Status โ Microsoft Azure Is Down
2 months ago
21
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Microsoft Azure content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
34
Videos
259.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+8.3%
Average Engagement
7.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Microsoft Azure:
Asif Syed
Small Creator
Microsoft Visual Studio
Small Creator
Harpy Cloud Solutions
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1621
1 months ago
1225
Azure MCP Server in Action: AI-Driven Troubleshooting
Microsoft Visual Studio
1 months ago
481
![Self-Host n8n on Microsoft Azure [SSL + n8n Updates]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vK1zDIkTpdM/mqdefault.jpg)
1 months ago
4415
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 7 Jan 2026 | 53.1% |
| 24 Dec 2025 | 46.1% |
| 11 Dec 2025 | 50.8% |
| 27 Nov 2025 | 52.5% |
| 13 Nov 2025 | 47.1% |
| 1 Nov 2025 | 43.1% |
| 18 Oct 2025 | 45.2% |
| 4 Oct 2025 | 42.7% |
| 21 Sept 2025 | 40.1% |
| 7 Sept 2025 | 42.1% |
| 24 Aug 2025 | 45.3% |
| 11 Aug 2025 | 46.4% |
| 28 Jul 2025 | 43.3% |
| 14 Jul 2025 | 46.1% |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 43.8% |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 31.2% |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 31.2% |
| 10 May 2025 | 37.6% |
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