Due to the glitch in Microsoft’s server on Friday, the functioning of many banks, media institutions, airlines and communication services has been affected globally. But do you know when before this the world’s big servers have gone down, due to which work all over the world came to a standstill? Today we will tell you about the world’s big server downs.
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Let us tell you that due to Microsoft server being down, work has stopped in many areas across the world. According to the report of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), due to Microsoft server being down, the broadcasting of TV and broadcast companies has been disrupted. Flights have been halted at airports in many countries. Meanwhile, Microsoft has said that efforts are being made to fix the glitches in the server.
Do you know when the server went down in the world before this?
- Amazon Web Services had a server down in December 2021. This server down affected the operations of many major businesses including Netflix, Disney, Spotify and Doordarshan. However, Amazon blamed automation for this. Due to which users had to face problems for several hours.
- Apart from this, Facebook also had to face a major server down in 2021. Due to this, billions of users around the world were not able to take advantage of Facebook’s services. During this time Instagram and WhatsApp were also down. This outage lasted for about six hours.
- Apart from this, the network of cloud service provider Fastly crashed in June 2021, causing many major global news websites including the New York Times and CNN to crash.
- In 2017, British Airways also faced one of the biggest server downs in the United Kingdom. Due to this server down, 672 flights were cancelled and payments of thousands of customers were stuck.
Google’s server also went down in 2020. This server was down for only forty-five minutes, but during this time it affected users all over the world. During this time all services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar were disrupted. Not only this, the Google Home app also crashed. - In January 2021, Verizon had a major server down. Although this internet outage lasted only for an hour, it caused huge losses to many customers.
- Microsoft had another major internet outage in December 2021. During this time its Azure service was down for 90 minutes. Although this was a small outage, it prevented users from signing in to Microsoft services like Office 365. Although the applications were visible online, users were not able to access them.
Why did Microsoft shut down?
Millions of Microsoft Windows users around the world are experiencing the Blue Screen of Death error. Due to server down, people’s systems are suddenly shutting down or restarting on their own. However, the company is fixing this problem. The company has said that the reason behind this problem is the Crowdstrike update.
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