A significant global outage at Microsoft has led to disruptions across multiple sectors, impacting flights, the stock market, and banking operations. Social media reports indicate long queues at Australian stores such as Woolworths due to payment system failures and difficulties accessing financial institutions like the National Australia Bank.
Impact on Global Airlines- Microsoft Outage
The outage has severely affected air travel, with major airlines experiencing operational challenges. Affected airlines include:
India:
- Akasa
- IndiGo
- Air India
- Vistara
- SpiceJet
US:
- Frontier Airlines
- Allegiant
- Sun Country Airlines
Other International Airlines:
- American Airlines
- Delta Airlines
- United Airlines
- Ryan Air
- Air France
- Cathay Pacific
- Eurowings
- KLM
- Scandinavian Airlines
- Vueling
Airport Impacts:
Airports around the world reported service disruptions. Some of the impacted airports include:
- New Delhi
- Chennai
- Bengaluru
- Mumbai
- Hyderabad
- Jaipur
- Berlin
- Prague
- Amsterdam
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- London
- Edinburgh
- Brussels
- Sydney
- Hong Kong
- Lisbon
- Singapore
Delhi airport issued a statement: “Due to the global IT issue, some of the services at the Delhi Airport were temporarily impacted. We are closely working with all our stakeholders to minimise the inconvenience to our flyers. Passengers are requested to be in touch with the airline concerned or the help desk on the ground for updated flight information. We regret the inconvenience caused to our passengers.”
Individual User Issues
Millions of Windows users worldwide encountered the Blue Screen of Death, causing unexpected shutdowns or restarts. Users reported losing unsaved data and valuable time due to these errors. The screen displayed the message: “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you.”
Cloud Services Disruption
Microsoft’s cloud services, particularly Azure, faced significant issues starting around 6 pm ET on Thursday. This disruption affected various sectors and essential services.
Impacted Microsoft Services
Microsoft identified several services that were impacted by the outage:
- PowerBI: Users may notice that their service is in read-only mode while the issue is being addressed.
Microsoft’s Response
Microsoft has acknowledged the issues with its Azure services and Microsoft 365 apps. In a post on social platform X, the company stated: “Our services are still seeing continuous improvements while we continue to take mitigation actions.”
The company is actively investigating the root cause of these disruptions and working on resolving the issues to restore normal service.
