Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) said on Saturday that the CrowdStrike update that grounded hundreds of fights around the world besides disrupting online services affected 8.5 million systems using the Windows operating software, which was less than 1 per cent of Windows devices, but the impact was disproportionately vast as it reflected the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services. The IT giant said in a statement that it is âworking around the clock and providing ongoing updates and support”.“Additionally, CrowdStrike has helped us develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoftâs Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix for CrowdStrikeâs faulty update,â it added.
âWe currently estimate that CrowdStrikeâs update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than 1 per cent of all Windows machines. While the percentage was small, the broad economic and societal impacts reflect the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services,â it added.
Microsoft also said that the outage demonstrated the âinterconnected nature of our broad ecosystem — global Cloud providers, software platforms, security vendors and other software vendors, and customers”.
The outage was also a reminder, the company noted, saying “it showed how important it is for all of us across the tech ecosystem to prioritise operating with safe deployment and disaster recovery using the mechanisms that existâ.