Breakdown at Microsoft: the company's flagship services are also affected

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For several hours, a major outage at Microsoft has affected many companies and services worldwide. Applications from the Microsoft 365 suite, the software giant's flagship product, are also affected.

Microsoft 365 apps inaccessible

« We are investigating an issue that affects the capacity of users to access various Microsoft 365  services and applications,” the Redmond firm communicated in a publication on X.com.

And for good reason, many users around the world have reported difficulties accessing the iconic suite of software. A major problem that disrupts the operations of many companies and administrations, Microsoft 365 being exploited by a considerable number of institutions.

To top it off, administrators reported difficulty accessing the admin center, which delayed management of services and users. The Teams videoconferencing service is particularly affected. Group chats, among other features, are for example inaccessible.

For its part, the company is working to rectify the situation. Some applications like OneNote are back on their feet, and others “ continue to see their availability improve “, without the outage being entirely resolved. resolved however.

Repercussions throughout the world

This major flaw has a significant impact in France, affecting various sectors and companies. Orly airport has encountered several problems, which have had an impact on the operations of certain airlines, notably Transavia. On a global scale, dozens of planes were grounded. Maritime traffic was also disrupted.

Several television channels were forced to modify their programs. The organization of the Olympic Games is also in difficulty, while the cranes of Disneyland Paris have in turn suffered breakdowns.

At present, the hypothesis of a cyber attack has been ruled out. According to the Redmond firm, the malfunction is attributed to a configuration change in Microsoft Azure, more precisely linked to Crowdstrike. This cybersecurity specialist offers solutions to secure Microsoft cloud services. A recent update to its systems appears to be the cause of the problem. The repercussions of such an incident on its activities could prove disastrous.

This outage highlights the dependence of critical infrastructure on IT services, particularly those from Microsoft. It is also followed ” at the highest level “, said Marina Ferrari, resigning Secretary of State digital.

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