Forget snowmageddon, it’s dropageddon in Azure SQL world: Microsoft accidentally deletes customer DBs

The issue afflicted a number of Azure SQL databases that utilize custom KeyVault keys for Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), according to a message sent to users seen by The Register. Some internal code accidentally dropped these databases during Azure’s portal wobble yesterday, forcing Microsoft to restore customer data from a five-minute-ago snapshot.

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