The whole world has come to a standstill due to the shutdown of Microsoft Cloud. The main reason for this is that all the banks, businesses, and airlines around the world are dependent on cloud servers. Due to the downing of Microsoft Cloud, hundreds of flights have been canceled across the world including India, America, and Australia and the time of many has been changed.
Airlines have issued advisories regarding the delay in services due to this outage of their passengers. Let us tell you that most of the companies are using cloud servers and at present, there are three major companies providing cloud services which include Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. Let us know what has been affected by the outage of Microsoft Cloud.
Delhi Airport appealed
On this outage, Delhi Airport said, "Due to global IT outage, some services at Delhi Airport were temporarily affected. We are working closely with our partners to minimize the inconvenience to our passengers. Passengers are requested to stay in touch with the airline."
Services of these airlines were halted.
Services of Indigo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Airlines have been affected in India. Apart from India, the services of big airlines like Frontier, Allegiant, and SunCountry in the US have come to a halt due to the Microsoft cloud outage. Due to this outage, all services of airline companies like booking, check-in, boarding, and web check-in have been affected.
From banks to businesses, everything is stalled.
Due to the Microsoft cloud outage, the work of many banks in the world has also come to a halt. Apart from this, those businesses which were dependent on the cloud have also been affected. There are reports of the websites of many media houses also being down. Due to this, the IT networks of many businesses have been affected.
Problems due to CrowdStrike
In principle, this outage is not directly due to Microsoft, but due to the downing of CrowdStrike, a platform that provides cyber security services to Microsoft PC and many companies. CrowdStrike provides advanced cyber security solutions to Windows PC. Due to the downing of CrowdStrike, many countries around the world including India, America, Canada, and Japan are affected. CrowdStrike said in a statement on its website that it is aware of reports of crashes on Windows hosts related to the Falcon sensor and that its engineers are working continuously to fix it.
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