🚧 Scheduled Outage: Platform Migration from 17–19 May 🚧

I am implementing significant infrastructure upgrades to enhance performance and reliability for our growing community. Due to the unexpected pace of membership growth, I've determined that stricter security controls and expanded capacity are now essential. To facilitate these improvements, there will be a planned service outage starting Friday, 17 May at 18:00 BST and ending Sunday, 19 May at 23:59 BST.

During this time, services will be temporarily unavailable while I complete the migration.

What's Changing

The upcoming infrastructure improvements include upgrading to a more scalable and resilient database tier, moving workloads to a more efficient containerised environment, and enhancing data durability with optimised storage solutions.

Building upon the robust security framework already in place, this migration introduces substantial security enhancements through strategic implementation of private network endpoints, creating additional layers of network isolation. The security posture will be further reinforced with enterprise-grade threat protection deployed across the entire resource estate, complemented by comprehensive monitoring and sophisticated incident response capabilities designed to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities with increased efficiency.

These changes are designed to deliver a faster, more secure, and more reliable experience going forward.

Thank you for your patience and support during this important upgrade. If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out.