My impression didn't change about Microsoft, they are de-facto the biggest software giant, their WinOS sucks and should never be used on servers (not designed for that). Azure is acceptable, since it brings competition and is cheaper if you play it right. Nothing changed there. I'm disappointed in CrowdStrike and how the "comfy" position they are now in, allowed them to be so reckless and not test the changes before roll-out. That's problem #1. No one expect Microsoft to be proactive and really care about customer, if someone is then it's on them for being naive and detached from the real world. CrowdStrike should take the beating for this in a big way (Elon already pulled them out), and if they want to stay alive they should start offering a lot of free services to re-build the trust (which is now gone). One crazy thing that came out of this event is the advertisement to the world how many companies still run on windows servers and how vulnerable they are. (where was your DR that you paid for?) All of them just put a big target on their back. I'm gonna grab some pop-corn and will enjoy watching this debacle for weeks to come...lol. Lessons learned from this (I hope) is to containerize as much apps as you can and if you can't, you should re-write them and run more kubernetes clusters. K8 is NOT a silver bullet and an answer to everything, but it does improve your security posture and roll-out procedures. That's my story and I'm sticking to it....