Microsoft is preparing to disable its cloud services for the largest university in the south of Russia, the Southern Federal University (SFU, 25 thousand students and about 5 thousand employees), as part of the sanctions. This was reported to RB.RU by a source informed about the American company’s plans. The services may stop working from September 2.
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“There is a significant possibility that Microsoft services will be disabled for SFU starting September 2,” the source said.
SFedU will switch to a suite of Yandex 360 services, where mailboxes will be transferred. University employees were asked to copy data from OneDrive themselves to speed up the process and not overload communication channels. Most people have small amounts of information in the Microsoft cloud, but there are also those who have more than 20 GB stored.
Microsoft was set to disconnect Russian companies from cloud services, including OneDrive, back in March 2024 due to EU sanctions, but there were talks to postpone this date.
In addition, the American IT giant will limit access of Russian companies to some cloud subscriptions starting September 2, IT company Softline reported on August 21. It should be noted that the restrictions will affect all legal entities registered in the Russian Federation and all licensing channels (Enterprise and CSP).
The message recommends downloading data from the Microsoft cloud before the specified date. Softline, in turn, asked the American corporation for clarification.
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Ekaterina Strukova
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