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🚨 Microsoft Outage Affects Users Worldwide 😢 A significant outage has struck Microsoft services, causing disruptions for businesses and regular users. The incident occurred on July 19, 2024, and impacted various operations, including those of companies like Frontier. Key points: Services Affected: Major Microsoft services experienced outages, affecting productivity and communication tools. Business Impact: Companies reliant on Microsoft’s ecosystem faced operational challenges, highlighting the importance of contingency planning. User Frustration: Regular users reported issues accessing essential services, sparking widespread frustration.

This was a long time coming, I guess. No wonder this happens when behemoths like Microsoft and the FAANG's control our world.. Will Microsoft be able to compensate for the losses and disruption globally ? To the businesses, economies, people at large. To the "ordinary" people in hotels, airports and hospitals and those in everyday mundane roles, jobs and routine.. And if the ever litigant lawyers and their teams start with class action suits against Microsoft, we could see a "lot of action".. Time to think ? #microsoft #microsoftoutage #microsoftdisruption

And here lies the problem with big tech and market dominance from the likes of Microsoft- a system failure leading to global chaos. If your business has been affected, it might be time to start looking at decentralized options such as Nextcloud.. #nextcloud #microsoft #opensource https://lnkd.in/eeZSMUJy

"Microsoft Outage Hits Users Worldwide, Leading to Canceled Flights "Airlines and airports report disruption, London Stock Exchange also affected By @Sherry Qin and Gareth Vipers in The Wall Street Journal, 19 July 2024 [Microsoft reported a service outage for its Microsoft 365 apps and services. PHOTO: GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS] "Microsoft grappled with a major service outage, leaving businesses, financial firms, airlines and emergency services across the world unable to access computing systems. "Thousands of users reported problems with Microsoft 365 apps and services to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks service disruptions. "“We’re investigating an issue impacting users’ ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services,” Microsoft 365 Status said on X early Friday. "On its status page for Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform, the company said the issue began just before 10 p.m. ET Thursday, affecting systems across the central U.S. In an update, Microsoft said it had determined the cause and was working to restore access to its users. "Microsoft didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment. "The outage forced low-cost airline Frontier to cancel some flights. “Our systems are currently impacted by a Microsoft outage, which is also affecting other companies,” Frontier said in a statement. “We appreciate your patience.” The carrier said it would offer refunds to affected passengers. "The Federal Aviation Administration said Frontier asked it to pause the airline’s departures across the U.S. Thursday night. The ground stop was later lifted. "The Denver-based airline serves around 120 destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico and Central America, according to its website. "Sun County, another low-cost domestic carrier based out of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, said in a post on X early Friday that the outage had affected multiple airlines. "“As a result, some of our services are temporarily unavailable. We are working with the third party to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and appreciate your patience,” it said. "At Australia’s busiest airport in Sydney, some airline operations and terminal services were being affected Friday afternoon local time, although flights were still arriving and departing, an airport spokesperson said. "Qantas, the country’s biggest airline, said it was experiencing “some impacts to systems due to a global software issue that is impacting a number of other businesses.” The airline did not comment on whether flights were operating as scheduled. "The Sydney airport spokesperson said delays were possible later in the day.  "“We have activated our contingency plans with our airline partners and deployed additional staff to our terminals to assist passengers,” the person said in an emailed statement. "The London Stock Exchange said Friday that a technology issue was affecting the publication of news announcements." 

Due to Microsoft outage today, it seems like we are undergoing a worldwide #business #Continuity Drill! Let's test how and to which extent our systems are resilient! #BCMS #ISO22301 #Resilience https://lnkd.in/eMYr9fBD

Another major IT outage!! Isn’t it time to apply frameworks like DORA to all organisations so that we can review and mitigate operational resilience risks more consistently? Give that we are all so reliant on technology, surely this must become more of a priority? At embracent we help businesses embrace technology, in a safe, secure and responsible way, without having to spend a small fortune.

🚨 UptimeRobot Alerts Spike 5x Due to Microsoft/CrowdStrike Global Issues 🚨 Due to a widespread system outage affecting major sectors like airlines, banks, and healthcare, we're sending 5x more downtime notifications. 🌐✈️🏥 Stay updated on the situation and learn how we're managing the increased load. Read more in our latest blog post! 🔗 https://buff.ly/3SiXHsP #Outage #Downtime #UptimeRobot #TechNews #GlobalIssues #Microsoft #CrowdStrike #IT #Healthcare #Airlines

📰 This morning, news about the Microsoft outage causing major halts for businesses have spread around the world. ❓What are your thoughts on depending on Microsoft 365 for your critical operations? ❓How should businesses prepare for such unforeseen challenges? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eMNJ4BGx

An IT system outage can cause significant disruptions across nearly all business sectors, as #airlines, #healthcare, #finance, #industry, #energy and others. Given the essential role of IT systems in delivering top-notch services, businesses must not only rely on these systems but also invest heavily in business continuity and incident response strategies to mitigate the impact of such outages. In particular, life-critical services depend on #technology, making the implementation of redundancy measures absolutely crucial. #incdentResponse #businesscontinuity #Outage #Microsoft #Microsoftoutage

The story behind this is going to be interesting. First Microsoft has to get it resolved because companies are already feeling the pain. #microsoft #technologyoutage #office365 https://lnkd.in/eR5eR9mp