Subj : Microsoft is now blocking Russian firms from using its cloud serv
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Date : Mon Mar 18 2024 15:15:05

Microsoft is now blocking Russian firms from using its cloud services

Date:
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:00:39 +0000

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Russian firms set to lose cloud support as part of Microsoft sanctions.

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Microsoft will stop providing cloud services to users in Russia later this 
weeks as part of the sanctions package imposed on the country by its Western 
peers. 

The company has set up a dedicated Telegram channel to support its clients, 
and urged everyone to make backups of their data as soon as possible. 

Power BI, and Dynamics CRM are just some of the tools that will no longer be 
available to Russian customers from March 20. Expected development 

As per the reports, Elena Volotovskaya, VP for investments at Russian IT 
company Softline, confirmed the news, saying all Microsoft clients received a 
warning letter earlier this month. 

Volotovskaya also said that other major global cloud providers, Amazon, and 
Google, will soon follow in Microsofts footsteps for the same reason, and 
that local companies should switch to local service providers, if they havent 
done so already. 

While disruptive, this news shouldnt come as much of a surprise to anyone in 
Russia, claims general director of the Basalt SPO company, Alexey Smirnov. 
The 12th sanctions package, part of which is the removal of Western cloud 
services, was adopted on December 19, 2023, so Russian firms had roughly 
three months to prepare for the inevitable. 

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, Ukraines 
western allies (the U.S., the majority of EU countries, and more), have been 
pressuring Russia into giving up on its special military operation through 
economic sanctions, while giving Ukraine significant military aid in weapons 
and ammunition. 

Arguably the biggest disruption in the Russian market was caused by the 
countrys removal from the SWIFT financial transaction processing system. The 
two biggest card and payment service providers, Visa and MasterCard, have 
also quit the market. 

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https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/microsoft-is-now-blocking-russian-firms
-from-using-its-cloud-services


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