As of writing this article, Microsoft and most of its services are currently down. There is no official date about the end of this outage. Microsoft has announced to completely remove the Adobe Flash component from Windows through the KB4577586 "Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" starting June 2021. In July 2017, Microsoft, along with Adobe and their industry technology partners, announced that Adobe Flash Player would no longer be supported after December 2020. Microsoft has announced that the support for Windows 7 will come to an end on January 14, 2020, after its first release in 2009. To know more, visit Microsoft's FAQ section here. The last quarter numbers from Microsoft are out and it's not looking very good. As such, Microsoft has announced it will lay off 5,000 workers in the next 18 months including the 1,800 it sent out the door earlier today. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft outage affects banks, retail, airlines, and more" and "Microsoft to end Adobe Flash support for Windows 10 in July".
As of writing this article, Microsoft and most of its services are currently down. There is no official date about the end of this outage.
Microsoft has announced to completely remove the Adobe Flash component from Windows through the KB4577586 "Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" starting June 2021. In July 2017, Microsoft, along with Adobe and their industry technology partners, announced that Adobe Flash Player would no longer be supported after December 2020. Microsoft has announced that the support for Windows 7 will come to an end on January 14, 2020, after its first release in 2009.
Our coverage of Microsoft outage includes: "Microsoft outage affects banks, retail, airlines, and more"; "Microsoft to end Adobe Flash support for Windows 10 in July"; "Microsoft Windows 7 support to end in 2020". Each article provides unique insights and information.