Microsoft outage LIVE updates: Major airlines across the world said that the outage has adversely affected their flight operations.
Microsoft outage LIVE updates: Microsoftq said on Thursday it was investigating issues with its cloud services in the Central US region, which has disrupted services worldwide. Major airlines across the world said that the outage has adversely affected their flight operations, including in Delhi and Mumbai. Akasa Airlines announced that some of its online services will be temporarily unavailable at the Mumbai and Delhi airports. Spicejet also said in a statement that it is currently facing a technical issue in providing flight updates.
Indigo airlines also said that its systems are currently impacted by a Microsoft outage. “During this time booking, check-in, access to your boarding pass, and some flights may be impacted,” it said in a statement.
Globally, US-based Frontier Airlines, a unit of Frontier Group Holdings Inc., grounded flights for over two hours and attributed the cause to issues with Microsoft’s services.
The outage also affected reservations and bookings for another discount carrier, Allegiant Air, which operates around 130 aircraft and said it’s working on resolving issues.
News outlets in Australia also reported that airlines, telecommunications providers and banks, and media broadcasters were disrupted as they lost access to computer systems. Some banks in New Zealand said they were also offline.
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Microsoft outage Live updates: “”One, no impact to Wipro. Two, we are actually talking to the clients, trying to step up and help them because we are following the sun model — Europe and the US — and we are seeing the impact of cloud strike (there). We are ramping up ourselves to help our clients,” Pallia said during the company’s June quarter earnings press conference.
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Microsoft outage Live updates: Why Microsoft blamed third party for the global outage
Microsoft outage Live updates: Microsoft has said a resolution for Windows devices is “forthcoming”, but said a third party was at fault after it issued an update. The company said, “We are aware of an issue affecting Windows devices due to an update from a third party software platform. We anticipate a resolution is forthcoming.”
A spokesperson added, “We acknowledge the impact this can have on customers, and we are working to restore services for those still experiencing disruptions as quickly as possible.”
Microsoft outage Live updates: Experts on ‘black swan’ Microsoft outage
Microsoft outage Live updates: Sundareshwar K, Partner & Leader – Cybersecurity, PwC India, told Hindustan Times, “This is a black swan event impacting not just businesses but the overall national machinery, and underscores how safeguarding entities against risk involves much more than technology. This development highlights how it is a misnomer that enhanced technology deployment alone will help organisations become more secure and ensure business continuity. While organisations work towards remediation of the current situation, the focus should be on rethinking risks and moving beyond the layers, patches, products and tools to building an inherently strong cyber architecture with complementary interventions that ensure resilience in the face of such unforeseen technology setbacks or failures.”
