Microsoft deploys 100s of engineers to fix outage affecting 8.5 million devices

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The software major said that while software updates may occasionally cause disturbances, significant incidents like the CrowdStrike event are infrequent.

The global outage impacted several points of sales and even grounded airlines in India.

IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa saw disruptions in their online check-in and boarding processes across their networks, forcing them to switch to manual mode.

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Author / Journalist: The Street Press

Category: StartupsEconomyBusiness

Markets: India

Topics: Privacy Software Engineers Customers Services Vendors Significant Policy Outage Microsoft Crowdstrike

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Published On: 2024-07-21 @ 07:11:02 (13 hours ago)

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