Microsoft has said that a service outage is preventing Microsoft 365 users from accessing several apps and services worldwide. According to the company’s Service Health Status page, “a configuration change” in a part of their Azure backend workloads is causing “interruption between storage and compute resources”, leaving several Microsoft 365 apps unusable.
Minister for Civil Aviation Rammohan Naidu has directed Indian airlines to notify passengers via SMS about flight delays and cancellations arising from a Microsoft Windows outage.
“Airlines have been instructed to promptly inform passengers via SMS about check-in delays and cancellations for upcoming flights. Airline staff are actively managing the situation on the ground, while airport authorities are devising a management plan to handle the increased passenger traffic.”
The disruption is affecting Indian carriers such as IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air, which have reported significant issues due to the ongoing Microsoft Azure outage.
As of now airlines are issuing handwritten boarding passes for immediate flights, with priority given to passengers with cabin baggage for boarding.
Airport officials have also been tasked with controlling the flow of passengers within the terminals.
