A massive outage on Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform affected 8.5 million devices worldwide. According to Microsoft, this is less than 1% of all devices running the Windows operating system.
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Windows outage caused by CrowdStrike affects 8.5 million devices
Microsoft announced this on its blog. The company outlined the steps it took with CrowdStrike to fix the bug.
In particular, “hundreds of Microsoft engineers and experts” were involved in restoring the devices to their proper functioning. In addition, the company has partnered with third-party cloud service providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.
Microsoft clarified that software updates can cause widespread disruptions, but events like the CrowdStrike incident “do not happen frequently.” The company added that it has developed a solution that will allow it to quickly address such a situation in the future.
“The CrowdStrike update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows computers. While this percentage was small, the significant social and economic impact shows that CrowdStrike is used by organizations that provide critical services,” the corporation said in a statement.
This week, Microsoft Azure experienced a massive outage worldwide, halting channel transmissions and paralysing airports, train stations and emergency services.
Users have reported blue screens of death on Windows 10 devices, including dialers and TV screens. It turned out that the problem was related to an update to the corporate antivirus CrowdStrike.
According to experts interviewed by RB, Russian companies have suffered virtually no damage from the sanctions resulting from the global Windows failure.
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