How Microsoft’s IT outage is affecting businesses around the world

The companies that use Microsoftt are suffering significant computer outages around the world, with laptops and systems that don’t work.

Technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker suggested that Microsoft’s massive outage was due to an update to its Crowdstrike Falcon threat checker.

In X, Microsoft 365 acknowledged the problem that was affecting users and said Friday morning: “We are investigating an issue that affects users’ ability to access several Microsoft 365 apps and services.”

Affected airlines

Airlines were among the companies that used social media to inform passengers about flight disruptions after reports of the computer glitch began to emerge.

He Berlin Brandenburg Airport reported: “Due to a technical failure, there will be delays in billing.”

The airline Vueling The airline also updated its passengers with a post on social media platform X, saying: “We would like to inform you that due to a global IT systems outage, our flight operations may be disrupted.”

“We are working to minimise the impact on our customers. If your flight is affected, we will inform you by email.”

He Amsterdam Airport Schiphol The airline also informed passengers in a statement on its website: “A global computer failure is currently taking place. This disruption also has an impact on flights to and from Schiphol. The impact is currently being assessed.”

The Irish airline Ryanair said it is also experiencing problems with its check-in processes and has asked its passengers to arrive at the airport three hours before their flight.

“The Dublin Airport team is available to assist Ryanair and passengers in the terminal. We thank everyone for their patience,” the company said in a statement.

KLM said it was also experiencing service difficulties.

“KLM and other airlines and airports have been affected by a global IT outage, making it impossible to manage flights. We are aware that this is very inconvenient for our customers and staff, especially in the middle of the summer holiday season. We are working hard to resolve the problem.”

In India, SpiceJet joined airlines around the world in reporting the problem.

“We are currently experiencing technical issues with our service provider, affecting online services including booking, check-in and reservation management functionalities. As a result, we have activated manual check-in and boarding processes at all airports,” he said on X.

Fall in issuance

‘Sky News’ also stopped broadcasting after the outage and told viewers it was working hard to restore services.

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“Sky News was unable to broadcast live this morning, so we would like to apologise to viewers for the disruption. Much of our news remains available online, and we are working hard to restore all services,” said David Rhodes on X.

The ‘RNS’ news service was also affectedpreventing the publication of news on the London Stock Exchange website, with “technical teams working to restore service”.

However, other services of the group continued to operate normally.

Health services affected

Meanwhile, in the UK, the blackout has affected the National Health Service (NHS), with the EMIS medical computer system also out of service.

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This system allows doctors to Book appointments, View patient notes, order prescriptions and make referrals.

GTD Healthcareone of the leading healthcare providers in the North West of England using the system, has posted a statement on its website: “Unfortunately there is a national problem with EMIS Web, the clinical IT system used in GP surgeries.

“This will impact our ability to book appointments/consult with patients this morning. We apologise for the disruption.”

Interruption of railway services

Rail services have also been hit by “widespread computer problems”. Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern have all reported problems.

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